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 The use of intimacy coordinators in Hollywood exploded after the #MeToo movement prompted a reappraisal of power dynamics on set. Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025 Prediction for 2025: Posthumous reappraisal, at least two true crime podcasts. Brendan Hay, SPIN, 30 Dec. 2024 Among the nonfiction titles are an immersive history of Russian spy networks and a reappraisal of the American Revolution tied to the 250th anniversary of its first battle. Monitor Contributors, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2025 If signed, the law would go into effect Jan. 1. Texas law around the frequency of reappraisals, as written now, has been interpreted multiple ways. Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for reappraisal
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Noun
  • Similarly, a 2022 review found that 52% of studies found a significant association between synthetic dye consumption and adverse behavioral outcomes in children, both those with and without existing behavioral disorders.
    Niamh Ordner, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
  • Read our American Express® High Yield Savings Account review.
    Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 25 June 2025
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  • In retrospect, part of the videos’ appeal may have been Victor’s hyper-alertness to femme stereotypes.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 29 June 2025
  • Yet, when viewed in hindsight, Manchester City’s horror season last year resulted from a whole host of decisions that look wildly risky in retrospect.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 26 June 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
  • At this point, either the resentencing hearing or the reexamination could become moot.
    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
  • 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 9 Jul. 2025.

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