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as in retrospect
a usually critical look at a past event
a review of yesterday's football game gave us a lot of good ideas on how to improve for the next one
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as in inspection
a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition
took the car to her mechanic for a complete mechanical review before she decided to sell it
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as in book
a publication that appears at regular intervals
had his poetry published in a literary review
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as in critique
an essay evaluating or analyzing something
a harsh movie review of an expected summer blockbuster
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as in alteration
the act, process, or result of making different
the company decided that the 100-year-old office building could use a review
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as in to revisit
to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal
since we can't follow that plan, we'll have to review our options and decide on something else
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as in to examine
to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)
a consultant was brought in to review our security procedures
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Recent Examples of review
Nicolas Vega, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
Six artists received portfolio reviews from PhMuseum mentors, supporting the development of their promising projects.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
Michael Wayland, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
Here's why Ed has covered pop music for The Republic since 2007, reviewing festivals and concerts, interviewing legends, covering the local scene and more.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 9 Dec. 2024
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But more than forty years and 26 films later, Pauline Kael’s review still sticks with the octogenarian director.
—Nicolas Vega, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
Six artists received portfolio reviews from PhMuseum mentors, supporting the development of their promising projects.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
Verb
Stellantis did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the visits, including whether the company intends to review Tavares’ past decisions, such as closing and selling the company’s Arizona Proving Grounds.
—Michael Wayland, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
Here's why Ed has covered pop music for The Republic since 2007, reviewing festivals and concerts, interviewing legends, covering the local scene and more.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for review
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In retrospect, future analysts may see the 2024 election as the death knell for the Democratic Party's viability in rural America.G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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In retrospect, the fact that camera images themselves would become a subject seems inevitable.Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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The act calls for safety upgrades for amusement rides and stricter inspection requirements, reported Florida Today.Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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One restaurant in metro Phoenix was cited for four health violations in the latest restaurant inspections.Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
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As the author Taylor Lorenz noted in her book Extremely Online, many of the billion-dollar start-ups that have come to dominate our lives boast equally unlikely genealogies.Rory Smith, The Athletic, 18 Dec. 2024
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The psychological thriller, adapted from a book of the same name, follows a crime that shatters a decades-long friendship of three women.Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2024
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The Return of the Global South Realism, not moralism, drives a new critique of western power.Kal Raustiala, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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The former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director issued a withering critique of Democrats opposed to Trump's flagship mass deportation policy on Fox News's Sunday Morning Futures.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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The department had also made a complaint that alterations had been made to the building without a permit.Marni Rose McFall, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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The boutique design-build firm does everything from minor home updates to major structural alterations and takes a holistic approach to each project, guiding clients from concept to completion.Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 4 Dec. 2024
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Pop culture has been fascinated with revisiting the music and fashion of the late ’90s and early 2000s for much of the past year.Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
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That risks revisiting the debate between big tech and lawmakers around how to breach the encryption enclave without fatally weakening it.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Cramer examined why each stock saw gains, attributing some of their recent successes to the assumption that President-elect Donald Trump’s new regulators will largely abandon efforts to curb big business’ power.Julie Coleman, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
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Set during 18 pivotal months in the early 1970s, the film examines the couple’s time living in Greenwich Village, New York City, when their personal and creative worlds collided.Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2024
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The key to meaningful retrospection is to keep it simple and focused.AllBusiness, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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But the subsequent string of disruptions in her personal life made retrospection less appealing.Alice Gregory, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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