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
The fact that the split occurred right after the Baycurrent Classic in Japan suggests Homa might be reassessing his setup as 2026 approaches.
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Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Chris Walti, the former team lead for Tesla’s robot, also suggested to Business Insider that Tesla may be reassessing the use of humanoid robots for factories.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Risk-mapping across business units, reassessing compliance as a governance responsibility, and exploring voluntary certifications or alliances establish new baselines for trust and safety.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
So the Emirati decision makers have begun reassessing Israel as a threat to regional stability increasingly on par with Iran.
—Monica Marks, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Many brands are reassessing their investments, seeking long-lasting returns in brand equity and resilience over short-term acquisition spikes and vanity metrics.
—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
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
As baby boomers age and begin dying, their adult children are reassessing their own wishes.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Chris Walti, the former team lead for Tesla’s robot, also suggested to Business Insider that Tesla may be reassessing the use of humanoid robots for factories.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Risk-mapping across business units, reassessing compliance as a governance responsibility, and exploring voluntary certifications or alliances establish new baselines for trust and safety.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
So the Emirati decision makers have begun reassessing Israel as a threat to regional stability increasingly on par with Iran.
—Monica Marks, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Many brands are reassessing their investments, seeking long-lasting returns in brand equity and resilience over short-term acquisition spikes and vanity metrics.
—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
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
As baby boomers age and begin dying, their adult children are reassessing their own wishes.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reassessing
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My starting point when assessing allegations of huge conspiracies is that secrets become exponentially harder to keep for every extra person who knows about them.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
25 Oct. 2025
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Once the threat level jumps to Defcon 1, so does the movie, and the cross-cutting between various parties issuing emergency orders and assessing the situation in terse acronym-heavy jargon begins in earnest.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
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By the late 1870s, he was asked to take part in the gargantuan task of evaluating and cataloguing the results of the five-year Challenger expedition—an ambitious British global research voyage, the first ever dedicated purely to science.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Police, per the CBC, said that authorities are currently evaluating physical and mental health of the woman in custody.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Reassessing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reassessing. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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