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Definition of rehearingnext

rehearing

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verb

present participle of rehear

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rehearing
Noun
Undeterred, the trio of environmental organizations filed for a rehearing earlier this week, insisting the appeals court made the wrong call. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026 In their request for a rehearing, the nonprofits said their members and communities were unfairly being forced to pay to keep a costly and unreliable plant operating and that the department didn't even comply with the law requiring it to show why this was the best alternative. Matthew Daly, Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026 Early last year, Holmes had tried to petition for a rehearing for her trial, though that was unanimously denied. Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026 The increase in assessment of $2,560,000 on the tax valuation of the Memphis Power and Light Company and the Memphis Street Railway Company will be defended at Nashville today by Mayor Paine, when the state equalization board gives the local utilities a rehearing. From Staff Reports, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 27 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rehearing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rehearing
Noun
  • The president called for the reinvestigation of all Afghan refugees who entered under the Biden administration.
    Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
  • At first, the news of the Bondi Beach reinvestigation seemed to give Steve and Noone common cause.
    Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As a result, many are reconsidering their career paths.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Time will tell whether this threat was real, but who could blame Griffin for reconsidering?
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The court rejected the argument, concluding that a prospective rate hearing — unlike that on the response time — would be considered contested and the utility would have the opportunity to challenge the finding of imprudence then.
    Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2026
  • After Talley’s initial court hearing Monday, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7 President John Catanzara and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza were among several officials who harshly criticized the passage of the SAFE-T Act and Lyke’s decision to grant Talley pretrial release.
    Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • That’s been a really big challenge with this boat.
    Andrew Rice, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • Any changes to the policy will probably draw strong challenges from within the LAPD and the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the powerful union that represents the city’s rank-and-file officers.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • Musk’s xAI interests During cross-examination, Musk repeatedly clashed with OpenAI lead counsel William Savitt of Wachtell Lipton.
    Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 2 May 2026
  • In her final day in the witness box, Wilson attempted to shoot down the allegation under cross-examination from Sue Chrysanthou, MacInnes’ barrister.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • At the same time, some business leaders are rethinking what students should study in the first place.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 3 May 2026
  • The plan calls for rethinking the way the county’s two million residents separate and dispose of their trash, along with what happens to it once it’s hauled away in garbage and recycling trucks.
    Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • However, surveys also have shown the incumbent with high unfavorables — and a majority of respondents saying the city is on the wrong track.
    David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
  • Most surveys present that something like five or six per cent of people in Britain are thoroughgoing antisemites.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • The grilling was easy and the salmon was perfectly cooked.
    Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 1 May 2026
  • Kincaid’s will stick to junior burgers at Colonial to cut down on grilling time, Gentry wrote.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2026

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“Rehearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rehearing. Accessed 8 May. 2026.

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