as in revisited
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 reconsidered
Belhassan initially turned down the offer but later reconsidered because his wife loved the brand.
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Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Majority Leader John Thune flipped his vote to a no at the end of the roll call, a procedural move that allows the legislation to be more quickly reconsidered in the future.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2025
Ryan Murphy’s brought Ed Gein back as a uncomfortably sexy, chainsaw wielding killer, Aileen Wuornos’ crimes are being reconsidered in a doc featuring a pre-execution interview, and over on Peacock, John Wayne Gacy is coming to life.
—Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
But the museum president called for the placement of the artwork to be reconsidered.
—Caitlin Danaher, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
The latest aughts-era tabloid figure being reconsidered is Victoria Beckham, in Netflix’s three-part documentary series of the same name dropping on Thursday.
—Scarlett Harris, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Until the original premises of transatlantic policy are reconsidered, the relationship will continue to suffer from the same fundamental problems.
—Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
But as a complement to the technological innovation, international space agreements and law are also being reconsidered, because much of the existing space law standards were agreed on decades ago, during an entirely different era in low Earth orbit.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2025
Both Erik and Lyle Menendez are eligible to be reconsidered for parole in 2028.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Majority Leader John Thune flipped his vote to a no at the end of the roll call, a procedural move that allows the legislation to be more quickly reconsidered in the future.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2025
Ryan Murphy’s brought Ed Gein back as a uncomfortably sexy, chainsaw wielding killer, Aileen Wuornos’ crimes are being reconsidered in a doc featuring a pre-execution interview, and over on Peacock, John Wayne Gacy is coming to life.
—Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
But the museum president called for the placement of the artwork to be reconsidered.
—Caitlin Danaher, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
The latest aughts-era tabloid figure being reconsidered is Victoria Beckham, in Netflix’s three-part documentary series of the same name dropping on Thursday.
—Scarlett Harris, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Until the original premises of transatlantic policy are reconsidered, the relationship will continue to suffer from the same fundamental problems.
—Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
But as a complement to the technological innovation, international space agreements and law are also being reconsidered, because much of the existing space law standards were agreed on decades ago, during an entirely different era in low Earth orbit.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2025
Both Erik and Lyle Menendez are eligible to be reconsidered for parole in 2028.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconsidered
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The outlet also revisited Cheney’s justification for the Iraq War, citing his claims about aluminum tubes allegedly linked to nuclear weapons development.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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In one of her final chapters, Johnson observes how recent horror films such as The First Omen and Immaculate have revisited reproductive-coercion stories through a post-Roe lens.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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The accounts, reviewed by Fox News Digital, display an identical profile picture, consistent with the image cited in the affidavit.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Reconsidered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconsidered. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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