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
Every-other-year reappraisals could also mean more frequent, if smaller, tax increases for property owners.
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Nate Rau, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
The course teaches eight skills, including gratitude, savoring and positive reappraisal, which is the ability to see the bright side of a situation.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025
The sale will prompt a reappraisal of value and creative labor.
—Gerui Wang, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Among other sweeping changes approved last summer, TAD voted to pause reappraisals in 2025 and then do them every other year beginning in 2027.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2025
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Nate Rau, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
The course teaches eight skills, including gratitude, savoring and positive reappraisal, which is the ability to see the bright side of a situation.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025
The sale will prompt a reappraisal of value and creative labor.
—Gerui Wang, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Among other sweeping changes approved last summer, TAD voted to pause reappraisals in 2025 and then do them every other year beginning in 2027.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reappraisal
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Hitting the inside wall of the backstretch, the race ended with a photo finish and a video review was used to identify the winner.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Apr. 2025
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After Michelle Wolf's controversial monologue in 2018 received mixed reviews from critics, the WHCA chose historian Ron Chernow to present a speech the following year.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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Maybe that late-September drought a year ago helped, in retrospect.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2025
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In retrospect, Chiarelli, former general manager of the Boston Bruins and the Oilers and current vice president of hockey operations for the St. Louis Blues, believes Carney would have been good enough to be a No. 2 goalie elsewhere in the ECAC.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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The women’s reexamination of their complex dad’s demons and flaws, vis-à-vis these unearthed creations, proves illuminating and poignant.—
Gary Goldstein,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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The study’s authors believe their findings can help kick off thoughtful reexaminations of Europe’s last hunter-gatherer societies, as well as their influence on the natural world around them.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
9 Apr. 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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Every intervention, rereading, and retrospection by Jameson is about the present and the wish to shape the future.—
Mark Greif,
Harper's Magazine,
26 July 2024
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“Reappraisal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reappraisal. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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