reconsideration

Definition of reconsiderationnext
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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Recent Examples of reconsideration Per school district policies, the book was reviewed by the county's reconsideration committee, which is made up of nine people, including teachers and staff, parents, students and community members. — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Court records indicate that the government’s request for temporary pretrial detention was granted, subject to reconsideration. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026 The district has a formal process for challenging instructional materials, which requires parents to first raise objections with their school’s principal before appealing to the district through a reconsideration form. — Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2026 Building direct consumer relationships Changes in product design are unfolding alongside a reconsideration of how independent labels sell their collections. — Yiling Pan, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026 All of it flows toward a reconsideration of the legend of Baba Yaga herself, who bemoans her own malignment in raspy voiceovers that open and close each chapter. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026 Others omitted information about reconsideration and waiver rights. — Ray R. Harris, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026 In October 2025, South Korea’s Supreme Court finalized the divorce but sent the ruling on the division of property back to a lower court for reconsideration. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026 Unlike Cathy, whose childhood appears in flashback, Lee’s backstory comes out through the character’s explanation of his own memories and his present-day reconsideration of those earlier events. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconsideration
Noun
  • There was no foul call or review on that sequence, and another loud chant followed from the crowd.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Voters in 2005 gave the green light for four-year mayoral terms beginning in 2007 but then voted in 2009 to go back to two-year mayoral terms, according to the charter review committee.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The drawing wasn’t entirely unknown before its recent reexamination.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • La Gradiva takes a tragic turn in its final act that forces a reexamination of the loose, observant filmmaking that led to it.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • In retrospect, this sounds like foreshadowing … or at least a good omen.
    — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 June 2026
  • What created the album’s alchemy is more obvious in retrospect.
    — Natalie Weiner, Pitchfork, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • The doc’s trailer shows two of four Wiggin sisters looking back on the way their father forced them to form a band, the fallout when the album was dismissed, and the surprising reappraisal of their music in recent decades.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2026
  • But research by Gross and others has found that people who use reappraisal frequently are generally happier and feel better than those who don’t.
    — Jayson Jenks, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

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“Reconsideration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconsideration. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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