REEXAMINATION Synonyms: 9 Similar and Opposite Words

reexamination

noun

(ˌ)rē-ig-ˌza-mə-ˈnā-shən

Definition of reexamination

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 However, in a recent court filing, Larimer County District Attorney Gordon McLaughlin's office moved to dismiss the arson charge after a reexamination of the evidence. — Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 25 June 2026 In some cases, such a reexamination appears to be already underway, said Paul Sanford, director of policy analysis at The Wilderness Society. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026 It’s expected that Judge will undergo a reexamination of his stress fracture in the next four to six weeks, and the club will set out a return-to-action plan if the imaging shows healing. — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 6 June 2026 Most finance leaders say excessive manual finance processes are hindering growth, and this is leading to a reexamination of how FX transactions are executed, how pricing is obtained and how exposures are monitored. — Eric Huttman, Forbes.com, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for reexamination

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Noun

There was no foul call or review on that sequence, and another loud chant followed from the crowd.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Voters in 2005 gave the green light for four-year mayoral terms beginning in 2007 but then voted in 2009 to go back to two-year mayoral terms, according to the charter review committee.

— Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of review

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The doc’s trailer shows two of four Wiggin sisters looking back on the way their father forced them to form a band, the fallout when the album was dismissed, and the surprising reappraisal of their music in recent decades.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2026
But research by Gross and others has found that people who use reappraisal frequently are generally happier and feel better than those who don’t.

— Jayson Jenks, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

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