reconsidering

present participle of reconsider

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of reconsidering Shah said Clancy later agreed her mental health should be stabilized before reconsidering the request. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Today, however, more and more schools are reconsidering how technology fits into teaching and learning, with many districts establishing clearer expectations about when technology should be used, for what purpose and at what ages. Janice Mak, The Conversation, 30 July 2026 Others, such as railroad company CSX, Ford, and IBM, are reconsidering their strategies for entry-level jobs. Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2026 Now, however, one of baseball's most dominant pitchers appears to be reconsidering that timeline. Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 But as Google's AI summaries reduced traffic to websites from the search results page, Reddit is reconsidering the benefits of the deal, according to the Journal, citing people familiar with the matter. Cj Haddad, CNBC, 22 July 2026 Trump on July 6 asked the justices to take the unusual step of reconsidering their rejection of his appeal. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 July 2026 European countries will have to institute more fiscal reforms, reconsidering their tax and spending – including defense. David Goldman, CNN Money, 8 July 2026 Trump on July 6 asked the justices to take the unusual step of reconsidering its rejection of his appeal. Erik Larson, Fortune, 8 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconsidering
Verb
  • Rodgers devoted much of the interview to revisiting his COVID vaccination saga and suggesting unvaccinated players weren’t treated fairly during that time.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Sorrell, who studied economics at Cambridge, says that Keynes’s essay is worth revisiting.
    Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • When reviewing salary ranges, look beyond whether the pay meets your expectations.
    Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • After reviewing its records in light of OpenAI’s announcement, the company found that its own frontier models had broken into three outside companies months earlier after a contractor accidentally connected a testing environment to the internet.
    Andrew Freedman, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The dings and dents this season had Schwarber, 33, rethinking that last month.
    Matt Gelb, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Fixing that means rethinking how decisions get made and by whom, not just upgrading infrastructure.
    Dhiraj Adya, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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“Reconsidering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconsidering. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

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