reexamination
noun
re·ex·am·i·na·tion
(ˌ)rē-ig-ˌza-mə-ˈnā-shən 
variants
or re-examination
plural reexaminations or re-examinations
1
: the act or process of examining something again especially from a different viewpoint
… force a critical reexamination of the premises and standards of existing scholarly work.—
Joan W. Scott
Joan W. Scott2
law
a
: the act or process of examining a witness in a court of law after the witness has been cross-examined : redirect examination
b
: the review by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of the validity of a patent being questioned on the basis of prior art
In another type of proceedings, called reexamination, the challenger can trigger rejection of the patent by producing new evidence of prior art—new evidence that the invention was "not novel or was obvious."—Erik Larson
Erik LarsonExamples of reexamination in a Sentence
the safety board's reexamination of the accident to see if it could have been prevented
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In 2001, Mignini reopened the case as part of his reexamination of the Monster of Florence, alleging that Narducci belonged to a satanic sect behind the killings.
—Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
To Wood, Noah’s departure and the show’s recalibration aligned with his own reexamination of his goals.
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The reexamination of the case came more than 35 years after the fatal shooting of Jose and Kitty Menendez in their Beverly Hills home.
—Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
During the reexamination of the case, Dr. Michael Revelle, an emergency medicine physician and medical examiner, studied postmortem photographs, crime scene photographs, notes made by the medical examiner at the time and Buford Pusser’s statements.
—Audrey McAvoy, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
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Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
To Wood, Noah’s departure and the show’s recalibration aligned with his own reexamination of his goals.
—Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
The reexamination of the case came more than 35 years after the fatal shooting of Jose and Kitty Menendez in their Beverly Hills home.
—Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
During the reexamination of the case, Dr. Michael Revelle, an emergency medicine physician and medical examiner, studied postmortem photographs, crime scene photographs, notes made by the medical examiner at the time and Buford Pusser’s statements.
—Audrey McAvoy, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for reexamination
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“Reexamination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reexamination. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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