as in review
a usually critical look at a past event the safety board's reexamination of the accident to see if it could have been prevented

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Recent Examples of reexamination Further, an important reform movement in psychology has prompted reexamination of many classic experiments. Laura Niemi, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2024 Cooper takes a revisionist view of the second world war that goes far beyond a continuing reexamination of the past — a basic part of any historian’s work — or even an exaggerated contrarianism into ... Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 10 Sep. 2024 The team is adhering to recommendations by the doctors, who have provided a two-week reexamination timetable to assess the next steps for Herbert’s return. Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024 In addition, the computing technologies underlying them grow more powerful almost by the day, requiring constant reexamination of decisions. David Blumenthal and Sara Rosenbaum, STAT, 6 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for reexamination 
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Noun
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    Nick Romano, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Their music tapped into hard knocks and entrepreneurial ambitions – but both wanted more than album sales and positive reviews.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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  • In retrospect, future analysts may see the 2024 election as the death knell for the Democratic Party's viability in rural America.
    G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024
  • In retrospect, the fact that camera images themselves would become a subject seems inevitable.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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  • All told, Mind Games was long overdue for a reappraisal.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Woodrow Wilson, by Christopher Cox Former Rep. Christopher Cox has written a powerful reappraisal of the 28th U.S. president that reaches devastating conclusions.
    Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2024

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“Reexamination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reexamination. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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