reconsider
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State officials, however, refused to reconsider her case in light of that fact.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
According to the judgment, the judge invited the duty governor to reconsider the decision, but that offer was declined.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
As someone who has argued that schools should reconsider sponsoring youth football, I believe the public discussion is often framed backward.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Wade’s sentence was reduced by 10 years after Wade’s attorney petitioned the judge to reconsider the sentence imposed for Wade’s gun charges, the Mercury News reported.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Acting together, these German people created enough public pressure for Hitler to reconsider.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
But we hope Dr. Makary reconsiders its therapy and the many others Dr. Prasad has unfairly nixed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
Sunak is an ambassador for the Prostate Cancer Research charity, and made his comments as the UK National Screening Committee reconsiders its 2020 decision not to recommend routine screening.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025
Alexander says the project has been an important one — since it not only reconsiders the nature of monuments, it is a way of surfacing a history that had been overwritten.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
“We hope the federal government reconsiders and allows the fun and informative phrases to continue on Arizona’s highway message signs.”
From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2024
He fiddles with the batteries, reconsiders the antennas, triple-checks fuses.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Reddington said he intended to file another motion, which essentially requests for the mistrial to be reconsidered.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Her lawyer might try to have her bail reconsidered, but the fact that there’s been a mistrial doesn’t really change Clancy’s circumstances.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Despite this, the ABA has enjoyed an accreditation monopoly, which state policies have further entrenched, though some of those are now being reconsidered or repealed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
A judge had also blocked that plan, but said it could be reconsidered after further review.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
I picked up my fedora and started to put it on, but then I reconsidered.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
She first saw UGC as a steppingstone to a full-time marketing job, but is now reconsidering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
However, Steffi Cao argues, many people are reconsidering how they shop for clothes.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
The researchers nevertheless considered their findings serious enough to warrant reconsidering the sweetener's safety.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
“When we’re all sitting there saying, ‘No, that doesn’t gain an unfair advantage,’ then that’s when we have to start reconsidering things back to the spirit of the law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
I tapped a finger to my lips as if reconsidering.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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