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or re-examining
as in reconsidering
to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal
in light of your broken leg, we should reexamine our decision to go on a hiking vacation this summer
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Distracted by crises elsewhere and reconsidering its geopolitical priorities, the United States has mostly ignored the situation in Myanmar.—
Dan Swift,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2025 -
International agreements need reconsidering in other ways, too.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Sep. 2025
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Republicans, however, stood firm against revisiting the legislation, which the Congressional Budget Office previously estimated would reduce Medicaid spending by hundreds of billions.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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In itself, such revisiting is hardly unusual.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Reexamining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reexamining. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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