reinvestigation

noun

Definition of reinvestigationnext
as in rehearing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reinvestigation
  1. rehearing
  2. challenge
  3. cross-examination
  4. survey
  5. soul-searching
  6. questionnaire
Noun
  • Talen has requested a rehearing, and the commission has eight other pending proceedings that similarly involve a large customer co-locating with a power plant.
    Daniel Moore, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The utility has until Feb. 2 to seek a rehearing before the commission.
    Susan Montoya Bryan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2024
Definition of rehearing
Noun
  • As another challenge, wind gusts are up to 60 mph and expected to resume.
    Janhvi Bhojwani, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
  • However, the vervet population faces significant challenges.
    Samantha Dee, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of challenge
Noun
  • Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor, the lead investigator in the Karen Read murder case, will return to the stand today for what promises to be a tense cross-examination by defense attorneys.
    Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2024
  • In cross-examination, government attorney Amar Bhachu displayed emails from precinct captain Ray Nice with constituent requests for signs and rodent control.
    Jim Talamonti | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of cross-examination
Noun
  • The Baltimore Sun reader poll is an unscientific survey in which website users volunteer their opinions on the subject of the poll.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Fifty-five percent in the post-election survey said the election in their community had been run and administered very well and another 35% somewhat well.
    Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of survey
Noun
  • The soul-searching that Edwards did in the wake of that Boston loss has led to a scoring explosion from him of late.
    Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • His victory reshaped the Republican Party and provoked soul-searching among Democrats, who shed support among key groups that were once the backbone of their coalition.
    Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of soul-searching
Noun
  • The mothers were asked to complete sleep questionnaires when their children were 6, 12, 24 and 36 months old.
    Jack Beresford, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The reviewers also sent a questionnaire to each company, but only xAI and the Chinese company Zhipu AI (which currently has the most capable Chinese-language LLM) filled theirs out, boosting those two companies’ scores for transparency.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of questionnaire
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