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rethink

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


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It has also forced many jewelers—not to mention their necklace-layering customers—to rethink their gold purchases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

When that happens, companies tend to rethink their borrowing needs, which can result in a pullback in bond issuance or more issuance for shorter periods of 10 years or less, King noted.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

Professor Bundgaard believes the findings could provide an opportunity to rethink how cardiovascular prevention is carried out.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

After the vote, Murray-Cavanagh said it wanted the government to "withdraw and rethink its whole approach" and come up with a more immediate way of helping patients.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

“You sure you don’t want to rethink that ‘fine’ statement?”

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

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

And they have remained that way, as Colonial Williamsburg — the world’s largest “living history” museum — rethinks the messages behind a favorite Instagram moment.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2023

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

From A Grammar of Freethought by Chapman Cohen

In the intervening period, Aston Martin, as Newey put it, "overhauled how we work", improved organisation, put in place different systems, and rethought the car.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

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

The world's armies "haven't fundamentally rethought how we plan, how we conduct operations, to take advantage" of AI's capabilities, he added.

From Barron's ● Mar. 7, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2025

By 1505 then the relationship between experience and philosophy needed to be rethought, but Achillini was incapable of grasping the problem.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Some evidence suggests that Iran might be rethinking its use of Tether’s stablecoin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

It can also mean rethinking the culture of the kitchen itself.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

One regent signaled he is rethinking his own vote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Now Wall Street is rethinking what the Fed will do.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

As the war raged, one thing was increasingly clear: Washington was rethinking his convictions about slavery.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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