READDRESS Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

readdress

verb

(ˌ)rē-ə-ˈdres

Definition of readdress

as in to reconsider

to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal the Senate will readdress pending gun control legislation in their next session

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Recent Examples of readdress Could that mean a shock omission of Vinicius Jr to readdress the balance that is lacking? — Mark Carey, New York Times, 30 May 2026 During this week's episode of The Kardashians, Disick, 42, and Khloé Kardashian readdress his comments from a previous episode about moving to New York. — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025 At the moment, the city of Provo has not indicated any plans to reconsider or readdress the issue, and the classes remain canceled. — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025 The best thing to do is to slow down, review and then readdress a new plan of action. — Kyle Thomas, People.com, 24 Nov. 2024 The board will readdress the vote on new updates to its policy on controversial issues in May. — Ben Terzi, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2024 Some legislators have called for a special session to readdress the issue. — Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2023 That stanza took a bit of conceptual work, too, since the natural tendency would have been to readdress the girl in front of the protagonist. — Tom Roland, Billboard, 25 May 2022

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These are just a few of the financial barriers that deter applicants and lead as many as one-quarter of the nation’s aspiring physicians to reconsider enrollment or to switch to nonclinical career paths.

— Marj Halperin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Little Rock Police Department officials have not said whether the department will reconsider the use of the technology.

— Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of reconsider

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This is uncomfortable to implement, because someone in legal, compliance or operations has to sign their name to a permanent record of judgment calls the business used to make quietly and never revisit.

— Krupesh Bhat, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Mining the moribund annals of art history, the duo create tenderly wrought paintings and drawings that often revisit the aesthetics of the Hapsburg and Ottoman Empires, which overtook large swaths of the artists’ native Croatia for centuries.

— Alex Jovanovich, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of revisit

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Internally, Newcastle reviewed the transfer to try to work out what actually happened.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
The findings of the second report — which reviewed pretext stops by officers from other units in January — are expected to be presented at an upcoming commission meeting.

— Hailey Wang, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

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