reconsiderations

noun

plural of reconsideration
as in reviews
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 reconsiderations If anything, the seven-game winning streak prompts some reconsiderations. — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026 These frozen reconsiderations of classic cocktails are summer manna. — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 10 June 2026 Undoubtedly, these reconsiderations have been a largely positive exercise, foregrounding not only more equitable but more accurate and more engaging histories, and opening gallery and museum doors to previously excluded artists (even if many have suffered with the ups and downs of speculation). — Katy Siegel, Artforum, 2 June 2026 The law has survived multiple reviews and reconsiderations of gun rights and gun control legislation. — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
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reviews
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  • Tools that show where handoffs stall, where reviews pile up or where a workflow keeps breaking at the same step tell you far more about a bottleneck than any amount of monitoring will.
    — Adithyan RK, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • In previous years, ICE was directed to publicly report and conduct reviews of all deaths of individuals in custody, including those who died within 30 days of release.
    — Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
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“Reconsiderations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconsiderations. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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