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Etymology
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."
Example Sentences
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She “was shocked, heartbroken, and felt utterly betrayed,” and was motivated to reexamine and scrutinize archival “Avatar” materials.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 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
After he ousted Lacey from office in 2020, Gascón hired a special prosecutor, Middleton, to reexamine several of her decisions in use-of-force cases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
The findings also encourage researchers to reexamine older treatment strategies.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 22, 2025
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 also reexamined mysterious stem insect fossils from the Early Devonian chert deposits of Britain and the Late Carboniferous Mazon Creek biota in the United States.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 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
Dancing’s insouciance is reexamined so frequently throughout the album’s first half that one might read its message as hollow, like a desperate attempt to ignore all of the troubles outside the club.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 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
"Sometimes, reexamining controversial fossils with new techniques reveals tiny clues that lead to really exciting discoveries."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 7, 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
In addition to pay and bonuses, many agencies are reexamining their application requirements and hiring processes.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 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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