as in to revisit
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 reconsider
Bloomberg expressed hope that Senate Republicans will convince Trump to reconsider nominating RFK Jr. before they are asked to weigh in.
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Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024
The court did not order the FDA to approve the products but told the agency to reconsider and conduct another review.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 2 Dec. 2024
The appellate lawyers also argue that Ethan Crumbley may have suffered from fetal alcohol syndrome, which was never raised by his initial defense team, and want the judge to reconsider his life-without-parole sentence.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2024
The man still in the White House, President Biden, urged Trump to reconsider his latest tariff threats.
—ABC News, 1 Dec. 2024
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Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024
The court did not order the FDA to approve the products but told the agency to reconsider and conduct another review.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 2 Dec. 2024
The appellate lawyers also argue that Ethan Crumbley may have suffered from fetal alcohol syndrome, which was never raised by his initial defense team, and want the judge to reconsider his life-without-parole sentence.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2024
The man still in the White House, President Biden, urged Trump to reconsider his latest tariff threats.
—ABC News, 1 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconsider
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This year, revisit your organizational structure and align it with your strategic goals.Robert Gauvreau, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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For generations, Dickens’ most iconic characters and images have indeed revisited readers each holiday season, just as the curmudgeonly Ebenezer Scrooge is haunted by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come in the book.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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After reviewing submissions, the show will then invite any promising applicants to New York City for a formal audition process.Dave Quinn, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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On Monday, TikTok and parent company ByteDance filed an emergency injunction, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review legislation that would ban the social media app if ByteDance does not sell the platform by Jan. 19, 2025.Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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If approved, the completion of the deal could serve as a catalyst for more substantial consolidations in sports broadcasting, potentially prompting regulatory bodies to rethink their approaches toward mergers.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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Transformation is the term on everybody’s lips, but in reality this translates into traditionally risk-averse top management needing to take even bigger risks; risks regarding: rethinking business models, redesigning corporate structures and reigniting new innovative cultures.Bill Fischer, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Reconsider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconsider. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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