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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
Researchers combined modern genetic analysis with skeletal studies, physical characteristics, and ecological observations to reexamine the snakes.
From Science Daily ● May 26, 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
Again, all communities have that right to reexamine the past.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
The state continued trying to execute Mr. Hinton until we won a ruling in the United States Supreme Court in 2015 that required the prosecutors to finally reexamine the evidence.
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
The spokesperson did not respond when asked whether that accreditation would be reexamined.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
As they analyzed M31-2014-DS1, the team also reexamined NGC 6946-BH1.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 14, 2026
He reexamined the poop sheet, then leaned back, satisfied.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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
But Times reporters Anita Chabria and Jessica Garrison spent more than a year reexamining the crimes and found troubling questions about both justice and the justice system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2024
A generation of schoolchildren grew up speaking its name in hushed whispers, though anyone reexamining those early issues today could hardly understand why.
From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Max Millard
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