reconsideration

noun

Definition of reconsiderationnext
as in review
a usually critical look at a past event the discovery of new evidence calls for a reconsideration of the case

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  1. review
  2. reexamination
  3. retrospect
  4. reappraisal
Noun
  • Sign up for my newsletter for more reviews and commentary on entertainment and culture.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • While lawyers for the state agency that oversees the medical board collected records from the hospital under subpoena, including medical reviews that criticized Weiner’s care, that inquiry languished at the staff level, according to one current and one former board member.
    — J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of review
Noun
  • When Ryan Murphy’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story was released on Netflix in September 2024, his true-crime drama spurred calls for a reexamination of Lyle and Erik Menendez’s murder case — as well as demands for the brothers’ release from prison after more than three decades.
    — Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The discoveries may force a reexamination of galaxy evolution.
    — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Jan. 2025
Definition of reexamination
Noun
  • The Council’s deadline was in retrospect, and maybe predictably, unrealistic, and the city has also not moved particularly aggressively to find, plan and build out alternative sites.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025
  • But many memories have turned sinister in retrospect.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of retrospect
Noun
  • Among other sweeping changes approved last summer, TAD voted to pause reappraisals in 2025 and then do them every other year beginning in 2027.
    — Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The Union County Commission decreased the tax rate by 15 cents per $100 in valuation in 2021 after the last reappraisal, Harrell said.
    — Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of reappraisal
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