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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reappraisal
Noun
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Rich Clark, executive director of the CFP, said much of Tuesday’s meeting, which lasted about seven hours in a hotel at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, included a review of last season’s playoff, the first after the field tripled in size from four to 12 teams.—
Stephen Hawkins,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2025
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To secure a review, Complainant must request it in writing either within 50 days of the date the determination was signed by the Executive Director, or if a Petition for Relief is filed, within 15 days of the final resolution of the administrative process.—
Matthew Klein,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Feb. 2025
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For the title character of the low-key charmer Olmo, those roadblocks shape a day of pivotal reversals and revelations, life-changing in the moment, perhaps, but especially in retrospect.—
Sheri Linden,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2025
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In retrospect, had this move not gone well, Olise’s failure would have been used to fuel one of those executive-level melodramas Bayern have historically had to endure.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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The discoveries may force a reexamination of galaxy evolution.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Jan. 2025
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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
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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
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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 1 Mar. 2025.
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