as in assessing
to think about (something) again in order to decide whether to change your opinion or judgment of it
The doctor reassessed the injury. She convinced him to reassess the issue.
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Recent Examples of reassessing
Many brands are reassessing their investments, seeking long-lasting returns in brand equity and resilience over short-term acquisition spikes and vanity metrics.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Qatar ‘reassessing’ mediation Shortly after the strike, Al-Thani had told reporters that Qatar would not be deterred in its mediation efforts.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
The incident comes at a time when Sweden is reassessing its relationship with wind power.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
Coming over directly from Venice for its North American premiere will be Noah Baumbach’s story of a movie star reassessing his life in Jay Kelly.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
By reassessing resource allocation, Neom takes a proactive approach to stay in line with its ambitious long-term objectives.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
As baby boomers age and begin dying, their adult children are reassessing their own wishes.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
This means recalibrating savings goals, reassessing retirement timelines, and revisiting insurance and housing needs.
—Andrew Rosen, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Boards are reassessing security budgets.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Qatar ‘reassessing’ mediation Shortly after the strike, Al-Thani had told reporters that Qatar would not be deterred in its mediation efforts.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
The incident comes at a time when Sweden is reassessing its relationship with wind power.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
Coming over directly from Venice for its North American premiere will be Noah Baumbach’s story of a movie star reassessing his life in Jay Kelly.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
By reassessing resource allocation, Neom takes a proactive approach to stay in line with its ambitious long-term objectives.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
As baby boomers age and begin dying, their adult children are reassessing their own wishes.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
This means recalibrating savings goals, reassessing retirement timelines, and revisiting insurance and housing needs.
—Andrew Rosen, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Boards are reassessing security budgets.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reassessing
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This means regularly assessing your thinking skills, consciously choosing when to engage versus delegate mental tasks, and maintaining practices that keep your mind sharp.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Vaccine safety Federal health experts continuously monitor VAERS and other safety surveillance systems, exhaustively assessing the safety of vaccines.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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This includes identifying outdated customizations, unused fields and redundant processes, as well as evaluating whether a single-org, multi-org or hybrid strategy best fits your business.—
Buyan Thyagarajan,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Imagine calculating every possible way billions of Lego bricks could fit together – that’s the scale of complexity physicists face when evaluating the configurational integral.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Reassessing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reassessing. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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