reconsider
verb (used with object)
to consider again, especially with a view to change of decision or action.
has reconsidered
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present perfectof reconsider (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The plaintiffs lawyers at Motley Rice are used to living large on government contracts, but now another state has reconsidered the wisdom of teaming up with the trial firm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Now, however, the senior lecturer at Penn State's Department of Political Science and author of the Notes From the Middleground Substack newsletter has reconsidered.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2023
Another major organization, the Sierra Club, has reconsidered how it represents its revered founder, John Muir.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2021
Attorney John Durham and other department officials withdrew Barr’s statement, saying “The government has reconsidered the matter.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2021
It hardly surprises me that he has reconsidered the matter.
From Born in Exile by George Gissing
