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as in revisiting
to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal
since we can't follow that plan, we'll have to review our options and decide on something else
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as in examining
to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)
a consultant was brought in to review our security procedures
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Recent Examples of reviewing
Teach Tape Fridays are built on a reel of plays Patriots vice president of football operations and strategy John Streicher creates for Vrabel upon reviewing every play of every game the week before.
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
The panel’s members delayed until Friday reviewing the guidance for vaccinating newborns against hepatitis B , which can cause serious liver infections and cancer.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Black Rabbit is reviewing…fine.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The Aurora Police Department is also reviewing the incident.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
In her lawsuit against Bianco, Flores describes reviewing video of a verbal confrontation between deputies and a man.
—Christopher Damien, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Most tags only contain limited information, such as name, flight number and baggage IDs, and airlines' tracking systems can sometimes detect if a claim is fake by reviewing baggage scan logs and RFID tagging.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The nonprofit is reviewing them all to find the perfect match.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Duffy is not wrong that a new leader of NASA should be reviewing the agency's decisions, especially in light of the competition between the United States and China, to ensure taxpayers are getting a great return on their investment in the US space agency.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
The panel’s members delayed until Friday reviewing the guidance for vaccinating newborns against hepatitis B , which can cause serious liver infections and cancer.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Black Rabbit is reviewing…fine.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The Aurora Police Department is also reviewing the incident.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
In her lawsuit against Bianco, Flores describes reviewing video of a verbal confrontation between deputies and a man.
—Christopher Damien, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Most tags only contain limited information, such as name, flight number and baggage IDs, and airlines' tracking systems can sometimes detect if a claim is fake by reviewing baggage scan logs and RFID tagging.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The nonprofit is reviewing them all to find the perfect match.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Duffy is not wrong that a new leader of NASA should be reviewing the agency's decisions, especially in light of the competition between the United States and China, to ensure taxpayers are getting a great return on their investment in the US space agency.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reviewing
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But to me the history of Zionism bears revisiting as a reminder of its impetus and early diversity.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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This shift is partly because people are revisiting their federal student loan payments after the pandemic-era forbearance ended in fall 2023.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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Scientists are also examining endophytes from sources unrelated to the target plant.—
Anna Marija Helt,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Sep. 2025
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Investigators are examining whether Kirk's outspoken anti-transgender views played a role.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Chip, the 3-year-old miniature dachshund, was filmed bounding toward the open door but immediately reconsidering after inspecting the dreary conditions outside his home in England.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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After decades of entrenched hostility, there are early, though admittedly fragile, signals that both Lebanon and Syria may be reconsidering their approach to Israel.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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An AppSec assessment can helps uncover these risks by evaluating the effectiveness of existing controls, scanning practices and visibility across the application landscape.—
Rajat Sharma,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Sony and onsemi still dominate SPAD chip technology, while silicon OPA scanning precision, a key process, needs to be improved.—
Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Sep. 2025
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Özçelik and colleagues spent two weeks in June 2022 surveying 10 muddy sites along the existing coastlines by foot.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
18 Sep. 2025
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While surveying a hillside, Mongolian paleontologist Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig of North Carolina State University and a co-author of the new paper, discovered the top of a dinosaur’s noggin sticking out of a cliff.—
Jack Tamisiea,
Scientific American,
17 Sep. 2025
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In video footage of the tragedy obtained by ViralPress, Praphrom could be seen inspecting a collapsed road from a trench opening below, before soil and concrete fell and struck the back of his neck, pinning him to the ground and burying him.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
13 Sep. 2025
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Researchers inspecting the turbo expander developed for a large-scale, long-duration Liquid Air Energy Storage system.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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But for those who simply can’t wait to watch old-era and new-era contestants battling it out for ultimate bragging rights, Probst notes that the Survivor 50 viewing experience actually begins with what is about to unfold on Survivor 49.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Sep. 2025
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Tom’s appeal includes an elevated menu offering lobster tacos and craft beers and its dedication to a 360-degree viewing experience on game day, cramming each restaurant with more than 100 televisions tuned to multiple sports around the country.—
Brett Knight,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Reviewing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reviewing. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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