rethink
verb
re·think
(ˌ)rē-ˈthiŋk 
rethought
(ˌ)rē-ˈthȯt
; rethinking
; rethinking
: to think about again : reconsider
: to engage in reconsideration
rethinker
noun
Synonyms
Examples of rethink in a Sentence
You had better rethink your decision.
The government is rethinking its policy.
He took a moment to rethink.
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The bill would also rethink how primary care doctors are paid.
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Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
After George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer in May 2020, protesters challenged law enforcement agencies across the nation to rethink public safety.
—Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
How neighbors made this metro Phoenix city rethink parking changes
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Raw chicken over cake among restaurant health violations
Carefree home where Orson Welles filmed for sale
Mendoza was brief.
—Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2023
Filling so much empty ground-floor space may require cities to rethink what brings people downtown.
—Emily Badger, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
The process required rethinking what she’d been taught in medical school — focusing on prevention, and not just treatment, and seeing pregnancy loss as part of a broader picture about a woman’s whole health.
—Sadia Rafiquddin, STAT, 31 Aug. 2023
Over the long haul, the museum has also been rethinking its anthropological galleries.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
In the past year, he’s been rethinking his early life in Detroit in the Eighties.
—Anthony Malone, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2023
Bianco didn’t necessarily rethink pizza by returning to old Neapolitan traditions.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
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Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
After George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer in May 2020, protesters challenged law enforcement agencies across the nation to rethink public safety.
—Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
How neighbors made this metro Phoenix city rethink parking changes
Google to announce new investment in Mesa
Raw chicken over cake among restaurant health violations
Carefree home where Orson Welles filmed for sale
Mendoza was brief.
—Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2023
Filling so much empty ground-floor space may require cities to rethink what brings people downtown.
—Emily Badger, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
The process required rethinking what she’d been taught in medical school — focusing on prevention, and not just treatment, and seeing pregnancy loss as part of a broader picture about a woman’s whole health.
—Sadia Rafiquddin, STAT, 31 Aug. 2023
Over the long haul, the museum has also been rethinking its anthropological galleries.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
In the past year, he’s been rethinking his early life in Detroit in the Eighties.
—Anthony Malone, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2023
Bianco didn’t necessarily rethink pizza by returning to old Neapolitan traditions.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
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First Known Use
1509, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
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