How to Use reconsider in a Sentence

reconsider

verb
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  • She refused to reconsider her decision not to loan us the money.
  • We hope you will reconsider.
  • Local opposition has forced the company to reconsider building a new warehouse here.
  • Wartime events could also push the two states to reconsider their stances.
    — Branislav L. Slantchev, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Still, many Kenyans hope the pause will give the government time to reconsider.
    — Lenny Rashid Ruvaga, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The trick is knowing when to let the tech team keep working their way through versus when to step back and reconsider.
    — Bhopi Dhall and Saurajit Kanungo, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • But Sher asked Sorkin to reconsider, given fan fondness for the score.
    — Michael Paulson, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The boldness of my glasses forced me to reconsider my entire wardrobe.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Copley asked him to reconsider, but the columnist didn’t see a way forward.
    — U-T Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023
  • The decision of whether to reconsider a fine is solely within the discretion of the board.
    — Howard Dakoff, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The retailer is reconsidering swimsuits that are trans-friendly; many stores have already moved them to the back of the store.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 25 May 2023
  • Perhaps this will give some of them reason to reconsider.
    — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Others say the French should reconsider what is and isn’t acceptable inside a church.
    — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2023
  • The May 9 ruling said the commission would reconsider the issue in 60 days.
    — Andrew Moreau, Arkansas Online, 12 July 2023
  • The best option in a sea of bad ones may be to engage in some wishful thinking: Maybe Harden shows up to camp in great shape and reconsiders his desire to leave.
    — Sopan Deb, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The memo said the group would wait until closer to Iowa’s leadoff caucuses to reconsider.
    — Bymichelle L. Price, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2023
  • But last year, a federal judge ruled that the agency needed to reconsider.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The 4-3 ruling in Semenya’s favor by a panel of human rights judges merely opened the way for the Swiss supreme court to reconsider its decision.
    — Gerald Imray, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2023
  • If there's a patch of grass that never seems to thrive and needs to be replanted every season, reconsider your approach, says Waltz.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 11 July 2023
  • But the ongoing strike gives workers across the industry a high-profile chance to reconsider what the UAW may be able to deliver.
    — J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • But, in the wake of these growing concerns, some states have already reconsidered the library penalties.
    — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Other Teck shareholders could push the big two to reconsider.
    — Ben Dummett, WSJ, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The recent rise in interest rates has forced commercial landowners to reconsider this strategy and the debt has been adding up and the rents to pay them down dwindling.
    — Brad Mielke, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Kara-Murza’s lawyer, Maria Eismont, told Russian news agencies that her client was innocent and asked the court to reconsider the sentence.
    — Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Those who lost their insurance have 120 days to request to have their status reconsidered.
    — Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2023
  • Back outside, the central area of Toontown is now known as CenToonial Park, and it’s also been reconsidered.
    — Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The special counsel strongly urged the judge to reconsider, citing threats to witnesses' safety, and has asked her to reverse course.
    — Robert Legare, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2024
  • One boy said the birds could cool off in the water, but reconsidered after remembering all the hungry orcas awaiting them there.
    — Cara Buckley, New York Times, 15 June 2023
  • Rather than hear the San Diego case on its merits, the high court vacated the 9th Circuit’s ruling that upheld the law and ordered it to reconsider the case using the new Bruen standard.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2023
  • There is a human at last behind the gun, presiding over a neo-Western that forces us to reconsider the video-game body counts and absurd threats and boasts that preceded it.
    — Lance Scott Walker, Chron, 2 May 2023

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