as in review
a usually critical look at a past event
teachers are undertaking a reappraisal of the current grading system, as the consensus is that A's have been given out too easily of late
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Recent Examples of reappraisal
Few tools have undergone as radical a reappraisal in high-performance coaching circles as hypnosis.
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Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
These concerns should have led to a reappraisal of the belief among some powerful Californians that no burden is too big for the public to bear in responding to a noble cause.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
But time has been good to Pink Narcissus, which has developed a fervent cult following and earned a cultural reappraisal.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
Moody's decision to downgrade the U.S. debt rating by a notch late last week due to mounting government debt and rising interest expenses has rekindled fears of a broader investor reappraisal of U.S. sovereign debt, which could drive up borrowing costs across the economy.
—Davide Barbuscia, USA Today, 22 May 2025
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Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
These concerns should have led to a reappraisal of the belief among some powerful Californians that no burden is too big for the public to bear in responding to a noble cause.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
But time has been good to Pink Narcissus, which has developed a fervent cult following and earned a cultural reappraisal.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
Moody's decision to downgrade the U.S. debt rating by a notch late last week due to mounting government debt and rising interest expenses has rekindled fears of a broader investor reappraisal of U.S. sovereign debt, which could drive up borrowing costs across the economy.
—Davide Barbuscia, USA Today, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reappraisal
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Julie Rousseau,
Travel + Leisure,
19 July 2025
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The Patriots have seen rookie kickers fail before (see: Chad Ryland and Justin Rohrwasser), but in retrospect their struggles could be explained by questionable coaching, technique changes and lackluster scouting.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
22 July 2025
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In retrospect, Heartbreakers functions as a commentary on all of it.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
18 July 2025
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Last week, Republican lawmakers in the U.S. Committee on Natural Resources argued at an oversight meeting that the Endangered Species Act was an overreach of federal authority and an ambiguous statute, as part of a broader reexamination of conservation laws.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
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What is apparent is that the resentencing hearing, which will end up with parole board eventually, is exactly a month before the individual June 13 reexamination hearings for each brother before the parole board that Gov. Newsom ordered back in February.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
9 May 2025
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Biden said age criticisms 'took on a life of its own' In the months since his November 2024 loss, questions over the impact of his age and perceived physical deterioration have not gone away, as the Democratic Party continues its retrospection of the defeat.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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But framing Paul American as a retrospection on labor, with the boys and their family and their lackeys gassing them up over and over, just isn’t that interesting.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Reappraisal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reappraisal. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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