as in revisits
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 reconsiders
That push comes as Meta reconsiders its open-source stance and Chinese labs flood the market with models designed to be flexible and widely adopted.
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Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
Just before the film's climax, the girls ultimately get their wish, as Eric reconsiders his ties to Anna and her family and decides to break off the engagement.
—EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
Just before the film's climax, the girls ultimately get their wish, as Eric reconsiders his ties to Anna and her family and decides to break off the engagement.
—EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconsiders
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In this world premiere, director Stephen Winter revisits the ghosts of Jason Holliday and Shirley Clarke, unveiling new footage and reframing a legendary 12-hour film shoot through a fresh and radical gaze.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2025
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The film revisits this age-old idea of technology gone wrong; in this case, in the form of the Discovery One spacecraft’s primary computer --- the HAL 9000.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Finally, a validator agent reviews the output for consistency, checks formatting and ensures nothing critical is missing before delivering the report to the legal team.—
Gopikrishnan Anilkumar,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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An AiP is a symbolic certification step in which a classification society reviews a new ship’s design or technology.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Reconsiders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconsiders. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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