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review

[ri-vyoo] / rɪˈvyu /
NOUN
examination, study
Synonyms
STRONGEST
analysis audit check inspection report revision scrutiny survey
STRONG
checkup drill file once-over parade procession reassessment recapitulation reconsideration reflection rethink retrospect scan view
WEAK
another look fresh look march-past second look second thought
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ignorance neglect
NOUN
critique; summary
Synonyms
STRONGEST
analysis appraisal article assessment column comment commentary criticism discussion essay evaluation inspection investigation judgment notice revision study
STRONG
abstract blurb canvass discourse dissertation exposition journal magazine mention monograph organ outline pan periodical recapitulation redraft synopsis theme thesis treatise
WEAK
book review reviewal write-up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ignorance neglect quiet silence
VERB
go over again
Synonyms
STRONGEST
analyze reassess reconsider reevaluate reexamine revise
STRONG
debrief recall recap recapitulate recollect rehash remember rethink revisit
WEAK
brush up call to mind check out check thoroughly go over hash over look at again look back on polish up reflect on run over run through run up flagpole summon up take another look think over
Antonyms
STRONG
forget
WEAK
approve ignore neglect praise
VERB
criticize, scrutinize
Synonyms
STRONGEST
assess discuss evaluate examine inspect revise study
STRONG
correct judge knock pan rave rip slam trash weigh zap
WEAK
bad-mouth give one's opinion put down read through reedit skin alive swipe at take down write a critique
Antonyms
STRONGEST
forget ignore neglect
STRONG
praise
WEAK
approve

Example Sentences

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In two papers published in Physical Review A, the team identified a one-dimensional system capable of supporting anyons and investigated the particles' theoretical behavior.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

At Microsoft, she revitalized Western European operations by changing the office environment, which had been riddled with internal rivalries and a lack of collaboration, work that was chronicled in a Harvard Business Review case study.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Review talks look certain to blow through their July 1 deadline and may stalemate after that.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

This inverse relationship between flows and performance was documented in a 2021 study in the Review of Finance: “ETF arbitrage, nonfundamental demand, and return predictability.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

The name Stead was well known in America because of Herbert’s more famous brother, William, the former editor of London’s Pall Mall Gazette and recent founder of The Review of Reviews.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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