reconsideration

as in review
a usually critical look at a past event the discovery of new evidence calls for a reconsideration of the case

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Noun
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    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
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    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • Last week, Republican lawmakers in the U.S. Committee on Natural Resources argued at an oversight meeting that the Endangered Species Act was an overreach of federal authority and an ambiguous statute, as part of a broader reexamination of conservation laws.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • In retrospect, Sinner may have never been more on the nose.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 11 July 2025
  • And would that have been ill-advised, in retrospect?
    Jordan Michelman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • Few tools have undergone as radical a reappraisal in high-performance coaching circles as hypnosis.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • These concerns should have led to a reappraisal of the belief among some powerful Californians that no burden is too big for the public to bear in responding to a noble cause.
    U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
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“Reconsideration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconsideration. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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