rethink
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Synonyms for rethink
Synonyms
readdress, reanalyze, reconceive, reconsider, redefine, reevaluate, reexamine, reexplore, review, revisit, reweigh
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View Sample Sign Up Now Airlines are considering whether to cancel flights, cruise lines are rerouting ships in the region and travelers are rethinking Labor Day holiday plans as the storm approaches. — Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg, Time, "Trump Cancels Poland Trip to Focus on Hurricane Dorian, Says He's Sending Pence in His Place," 29 Aug. 2019 Their design also rethinks some of the more inhospitable aspects of the outdoor areas. — Los Angeles Times, "Three design teams propose La Brea Tar Pits revamp. The mammoth’s future? Uncertain," 26 Aug. 2019 As a result, the 2012 regulation, now being rethought by the Trump administration, is achieving lower benefits than originally anticipated, because the mix of vehicles is different from what was expected. — Cass Sunstein, Twin Cities, "Cass Sunstein: It’s not cowardly to worry about Medicare for All," 11 Aug. 2019 But for that to happen President Donald Trump and his advisers must rethink their strategy. — The Economist, "Dangerous miscalculations," 8 Aug. 2019 Solutions can be approached from multiple directions—rethinking policy, raising wages, getting creative, and, of course, creating more housing stock. — Liz Stinson, Curbed, "Eco-friendly prefab homes designed to boost cities’ housing stock," 29 July 2019 The women behind The Wing, Outdoor Voices, Birchbox, and other startups share stories of taking meetings from the hospital and rethinking parental leave. — Fortune, "11 Female CEOs and Founders on What It’s Really Like to Have a Baby While Running Your Company," 14 Aug. 2019 Slow down Big public works like the Maya Train take patience, careful planning, thinking and rethinking. — Gabriel Diaz Montemayor, The Conversation, "Mexico wants to run a tourist train through its Mayan heartland — should it?," 13 Aug. 2019 That could require rethinking the Second Amendment, possibly by appointing judges who interpret it differently — an inversion of the NRA’s campaign to portray gun ownership as an individual right. — German Lopez, Vox, "Here’s where every 2020 candidate stands on guns," 7 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rethink.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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