as in review
a usually critical look at a past event teachers are undertaking a reappraisal of the current grading system, as the consensus is that A's have been given out too easily of late

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Recent Examples of reappraisal Reappraisal values are based on a number of factors, like the location and square footage of a property, its amenities and the current market conditions based on property sales in the area during the year prior to reappraisal. Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Mar. 2025 This may be the one Pixar film most deserving of a reappraisal in ten years. Will Leitch, Vulture, 19 June 2025 State of play: The property reappraisal process, led by Assessor of Property Vivian Wilhoite, is underway. Nate Rau, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025 Property values increased in Butler County by 37%, in Hamilton County by 28% and in Clermont County by 30% this year after reappraisals were done in 2023. Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for reappraisal
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Noun
  • More than 600 shoppers have given the vacuum a five-star review.
    Isabel Garcia, People.com, 7 July 2025
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    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • In retrospect, Sinner may have never been more on the nose.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 11 July 2025
  • And would that have been ill-advised, in retrospect?
    Jordan Michelman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 July 2025
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  • Last week, Republican lawmakers in the U.S. Committee on Natural Resources argued at an oversight meeting that the Endangered Species Act was an overreach of federal authority and an ambiguous statute, as part of a broader reexamination of conservation laws.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
  • What is apparent is that the resentencing hearing, which will end up with parole board eventually, is exactly a month before the individual June 13 reexamination hearings for each brother before the parole board that Gov. Newsom ordered back in February.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 May 2025
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  • Biden said age criticisms 'took on a life of its own' In the months since his November 2024 loss, questions over the impact of his age and perceived physical deterioration have not gone away, as the Democratic Party continues its retrospection of the defeat.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • But framing Paul American as a retrospection on labor, with the boys and their family and their lackeys gassing them up over and over, just isn’t that interesting.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025

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“Reappraisal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reappraisal. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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