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Origin of reexamine
Explanation
To reexamine something is to consider or inspect it again. A detective might need to go back and reexamine the scene of a crime several times during her investigation. A scientist who's studying an unfamiliar bacteria will examine it, and then reexamine it again and again. And, if you still have an earache a week after starting antibiotics, your doctor may want to reexamine you. Whenever you take another careful look at something, you reexamine it. The verb reexamine adds the "again" prefix re- to examine, from the Latin examinare, "to test, try, consider, or ponder."
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My objective is to use the existing comparisons to reexamine “Promising Young Woman,” try to understand Fennell’s intentions, and look at the bleak truths her movie stares straight in the face.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Along the way they reexamine their difficult upbringing and find new ways to communicate that matter more than any artwork.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed in the June 2025 attacks, prompting legislators all over the country to reexamine privacy laws for elected officials and political figures at large.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
If the discussion sparked by Anthropic’s CEO and other AI pioneers leads scientists and the public to reexamine longstanding assumptions about mind and awareness, it may mark the beginning of a much broader intellectual shift.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
Michael and I had reached out to Chapman once more before the hearing to see if we could persuade him to reopen the investigation and independently reexamine whether McMillian was guilty.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
What’s your take on how punk is reexamined and memorialized today with things like the Punk Museum in Las Vegas, various historic exhibitions, the Ramones’ 50th anniversary, etc?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
They’ve reexamined Supreme Court history several times in recent years, including a new season about Neil Gorsuch we’re featuring on Amicus for the next three weeks.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
However, a new investigation led by the University of Southampton has reexamined the data and reached a different conclusion.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 13, 2026
The spokesperson did not respond when asked whether that accreditation would be reexamined.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
Perhaps Washington had reexamined his views of enslaved people because Billy Lee had proven so loyal.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
The hearing came amid news that ICE was pausing warehouse purchases and reexamining contracts signed under former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2026
By reexamining rock samples returned by the Apollo missions, the team found evidence that the Moon did experience periods of extremely strong magnetism, at times even surpassing Earth's.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 26, 2026
Nixon’s is a familiar story, but it’s worth reexamining in light of events that unfolded over the weekend.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2025
“Face to Face,” after revisiting Laci’s disappearance on Christmas Eve 2002, spends considerable time reexamining the police investigation and offering alternate theories that could exonerate her husband.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024
He spent several moments more reexamining the cove, glanced again at the river, and finally disappeared, wading slowly back around the sunken ledge.
From The Rules of the Game by Stewart Edward White
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