1
as in to reassess
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as in to investigate
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Recent Examples of reinvestigate
Researchers reached these conclusions after reinvestigating an archaeological site in Anyama, a city in Ivory Coast.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2025
The cause of death of Philadelphia school teacher Ellen Greenberg, who was found brutally stabbed in 2011, will be reinvestigated after a pathologist who previously ruled her death a suicide reversed course last week.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 5 Feb. 2025
John has continually called for local police to reinvestigate the case and find his daughter’s killer.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
Last month, an Alameda County judge threw out involuntary manslaughter charges against two of three officers accused in the death of Mario Gonzalez in 2021, the only other case of the six that has been reinvestigated.
—Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2025
The cause of death of Philadelphia school teacher Ellen Greenberg, who was found brutally stabbed in 2011, will be reinvestigated after a pathologist who previously ruled her death a suicide reversed course last week.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 5 Feb. 2025
John has continually called for local police to reinvestigate the case and find his daughter’s killer.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
Last month, an Alameda County judge threw out involuntary manslaughter charges against two of three officers accused in the death of Mario Gonzalez in 2021, the only other case of the six that has been reinvestigated.
—Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reinvestigate
Verb
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Police are still investigating the motive behind the crime.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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The National Transportation Safety Bureau is investigating the crash.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
23 May 2025
Verb
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After Twin Peaks was canceled in its second season, Lynch returned to the Pacific Northwest with Fire Walk With Me, which was considered a box office and critical failure upon release, but has since been reappraised (and gotten the Criterion Collection treatment).—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2025
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If sustainable development is to be achieved, the goals of economic development must be reappraised.—
John Sulston,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Aug. 2012
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This installation for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Cantor Roof Garden comprises four sculptural elements that explore the sonic and formal potential of simple stringed instruments.—
Caitlin Woolsey,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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An award-winning Palestinian American writer tackles subjects including home, displacement and gestation in this lyrical memoir that explores the trauma of fractured identity.—
Bethanne Patrick,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2025
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What gives me pause is the question of why Brooker would radically reconceptualize a series whose premise has exceeded its expiration date, instead of just moving on to a fresh idea.—
Time,
Time,
16 June 2023
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In a sense, Black people, whose past has been deliberately erased, are embracing Afrofuturism as a means to reconceptualize their history and a tool for speculating on a more fruitful future.—
Shantay Robinson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 May 2023
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Companies are already reimagining workflows by replacing human contributions with software.—
Kian Bakhtiari,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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And the good news is, these dishes, which many might have seen as one-note, have been reimagined, using different (but not necessarily more difficult) cooking techniques and better ingredients.—
Carolynn Carreño,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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“Reinvestigate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reinvestigate. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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