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reconsider

[ree-kuhn-sid-er] / ˌri kənˈsɪd ər /


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The findings have even prompted some of the researchers to reconsider ideas they held throughout their careers.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

If that same friend handed me a list of toilets to scrub before returning the keys, however, I might reconsider the friendship.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

“You were given the opportunity to reconsider your decision to deny access and declined,” the notice said, according to the complaint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The Kenya Tourism Federation said it is lobbying to have the U.S. travel warnings downgraded to their previous level, which advised travelers to exercise caution rather than reconsider their trips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

They watched him make one trip down the track, reconsider his ambition, and keep right on going into town.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

I hope Mr. Obama reconsiders his words and takes them back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Fewer young people are enrolling in college, as the country reconsiders the value of a university education.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

His comments come as the UK National Screening Committee reconsiders its decision from five years ago not to recommend routine screening.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025

Alexander says the project has been an important one — since it not only reconsiders the nature of monuments, it is a way of surfacing a history that had been overwritten.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2024

He turns away, then reconsiders, turns back, stooping toward me.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

More impressive still is that along the way they have thoroughly reconsidered the piano, finding the kaleidoscopic breadth that has lurked within it, incompletely exploited for more than two centuries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

"When we assess that the necessary conditions have been met in terms of regional and border security, the status of our base areas and our presence in the region will be reconsidered."

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Her lawyer might try to have her bail reconsidered, but the fact that there’s been a mistrial doesn’t really change Clancy’s circumstances.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

But those strategies may need to be reconsidered if mammalian metabolism, rather than microbes, is responsible for much of what circulates in the body.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026

“You’re twenty-two years old, Amir! A grown man! You...” he opened his mouth, closed it, opened it again, reconsidered.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

But some of those voters are now reconsidering their support.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

She first saw UGC as a steppingstone to a full-time marketing job, but is now reconsidering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

However, Steffi Cao argues, many people are reconsidering how they shop for clothes.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

The move highlights how some companies are reconsidering where they make goods as trade barriers increase the cost of serving customers from overseas.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Toby glanced at the plane, just long enough that Luke thought he might be reconsidering.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss


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