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 By contrast, reappraisal techniques, which involve reinterpreting the meaning of a triggering event, have been shown to reduce emotional arousal and support long-term emotional health. Scott Hutcheson, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025 After news broke that Carter had entered hospice, writer and GOP political consultant Stuart Stevens was one of many offering public reappraisals of the former president. Mark Barabak, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2025 Regular Self-Reflection: Encourage leaders to assess their own emotional triggers and develop personal reappraisal habits for better anger management. Scott Hutcheson, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025 Al Jolson, Miles Davis, and even Leonard Bernstein have streets co-named for them and have gone through varying degrees of cultural reappraisal ranging from messy bisexual (Bernstein) to appearing in blackface (Jolson) to allegations of spousal abuse (Davis). Fran Hoepfner, Curbed, 31 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for reappraisal
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Noun
  • For more on what's involved in our reporting, check out our complete reviews process and methodology page.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 9 Mar. 2025
  • These shoes have earned over 53,000 five-star reviews, with plenty of shoppers raving about their comfort and durability.
    Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In retrospect, this cover and the 2009 and 2011 classes have gone on to represent the true essence of the Blog Era.
    Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Seemingly unstructured dialogue reveals itself, in retrospect, as a thesis statement.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The discoveries may force a reexamination of galaxy evolution.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The Simpsons’s 2020s Renaissance has been defined by bigger swings, higher concepts, trolling, near complete disregard for canon, and a reexamination, if not deconstruction, of the show’s character: All of these elements are operating at a maximum for this modern masterpiece.
    Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Every intervention, rereading, and retrospection by Jameson is about the present and the wish to shape the future.
    Mark Greif, Harper's Magazine, 26 July 2024
  • Nila’s fuzzy retrospection is especially frustrating in moments featuring her toxic relationship with Marlowe.
    Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025

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“Reappraisal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reappraisal. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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