as in to revisit
to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal
the new intelligence forced the general to reconsider his plan of attack
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Recent Examples of reconsider
The Trump administration is working to eliminate a number of the Biden administration's pro-EV policies, from freezing EV charger funding to reconsidering federal vehicle standards.
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Camila Domonoske, NPR, 1 May 2025
Lyubomirsky’s research came out just as the field of psychology was reconsidering its objectives and even its purpose.
—Kirsten Potter Krish Seenivasan Lance Neal, New York Times, 1 May 2025
International stocks Some winners across Trump’s first 100 days have been stocks overseas, which have been buoyed by investors reconsidering their allocations to US assets.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
The Trump Justice Department has put a freeze on federal civil rights investigations into cops and vowed to reconsider consent decrees with police departments found to have engaged in a pattern of misconduct.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
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Camila Domonoske, NPR, 1 May 2025
Lyubomirsky’s research came out just as the field of psychology was reconsidering its objectives and even its purpose.
—Kirsten Potter Krish Seenivasan Lance Neal, New York Times, 1 May 2025
International stocks Some winners across Trump’s first 100 days have been stocks overseas, which have been buoyed by investors reconsidering their allocations to US assets.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
The Trump Justice Department has put a freeze on federal civil rights investigations into cops and vowed to reconsider consent decrees with police departments found to have engaged in a pattern of misconduct.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconsider
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About 550 people — most of them online but about 50 in person — joined the meeting, which was held to revisit the proposal after opponents expressed fierce opposition and said they were blindsided by it.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
16 May 2025
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Neither the committee nor the Council has any existing plans to revisit the item.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2025
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Most players who aren’t reviewing the game should feel comfortable skipping these scenes and getting back to the action as quickly as possible.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 May 2025
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For the study, published in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, scientists reviewed more than a dozen previous papers, including data on nearly 6,000 distance runners.—
Brian Mastroianni,
Health,
9 May 2025
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But then Marvel began rethinking its long-term strategy and decided to scale back on content to counter suggestions of market saturation, and Ironheart was delayed until now.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2025
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Uncertain situations force businesses to rethink their operations and evolve quickly.—
Nitin Gupta,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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“Reconsider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconsider. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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