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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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“I’m going to bring my team back together, and we’re going to revisit all of our priorities … We’re going to continue the things that worked, reexamine things that may not have worked,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
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
The other will reexamine the high school course requirements for UC admissions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 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
I want to reexamine the van Daans and decide for myself what’s true and what’s been blown out of proportion.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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
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
The spokesperson did not respond when asked whether that accreditation would be reexamined.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
She would then be cross- examined by the Crown and reexamined by accused number one.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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
The range of potential uses is vast, highlighting how reexamining basic scientific principles can lead to entirely new technological horizons.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 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
No one can be thoroughly good who is not a flexible person, capable of drawing back his trains, reexamining them, and bringing them into better adjustment to his purposes.
From The Nature of Goodness by George Herbert Palmer
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