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rethink

[ree-thingk, ree-thingk] / riˈθɪŋk, ˈriˌθɪŋk /


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Kayaking and seeing the beauty of the Appalachian Mountains made them rethink their life.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

“I’m going to have to completely go back to the drawing board, rethink my life and probably start at the bottom in a new industry,” Abernathy said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 11, 2026

"Our goal was to rethink MRI hardware from the modern physics of antenna design," adds Saha.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

To keep up, defense manufacturers and military commanders alike have to rethink how they operate—and what part of the traditional equipment and doctrine fits in the new way of war.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

The dot-com bust and the flattening of the world forced Glocer to rethink how Reuters delivered news—whether it could disaggregate the functions of a journalist and ship the low-value-added functions to India.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

AI adoption has, at times, also shown signs of running up against roadblocks, as OpenAI reportedly rethinks the way it works with retailers following hiccups in bot-assisted checkout features.

From MarketWatch Apr. 6, 2026

With his business in shambles, Randy rethinks his strategy with the help of an over-complimentary AI chatbot.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 25, 2025

We applied those lessons to this recipe from our book “The New Rules,” which rethinks familiar dishes to change the way you cook.

From Washington Times Sep. 5, 2023

Companies have added some safeguards over the years, Elgersma noted, but these are piecemeal changes, not fundamental rethinks of the services.

From Seattle Times May 4, 2023

What his tribe speaks he repeats; but he does not simply echo their words, he rethinks them.

From A Grammar of Freethought by Cohen, Chapman

Just as nations dramatically rethought energy policy after the oil crises of the 1970s, a disruption of this scale will force governments around the world to rethink energy strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal May 16, 2026

At some point, agents will outnumber people by a lot, and security practices built around humans will have to be rethought.

From Barron's Jan. 22, 2026

At the same time, Lloyd Webber has rethought his business model.

From MarketWatch Oct. 10, 2025

But he said he had later rethought this view.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2025

In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if they rethought the whole show once America swoons over Cha-Cha the chow chow.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

As antibiotic resistance grows around the world, the findings show that important medical advances may come from rethinking the chemistry of drugs that already exist.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

“Nixonmaxxing” swag and TikTok videos have helped trigger a rethinking of the former president’s legacy among some conservatives.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

The allegations against Nguyen and Huynh, who were charged in November and remain out on bail, have left many of Ma’s friends and relatives rethinking the lending practices that have powered many immigrant-owned businesses.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

The war’s shadow, however, is likely to lead oil-importing countries to rethinking their energy-security strategies, either by looking for alternatives to crude or alternatives to their supplies of crude.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

In addition, the image of a seagoing people fits into a general rethinking of paleo-Indian fife.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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