rethink

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It is time for a rethink, and to take advantage of the best lessons that the technology industry has learned over the past 30 or so years.

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  1. transitive and intransitive verb To reconsider (something) or to involve oneself in reconsideration.

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  • That was the first lesson that he carried into work every day -- the towering impotence of his hard-held opinions -- which helped him think and rethink, always seeing the old as new. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 02 - February 1994
  • The new economic situation may force a rethink, according to Kheng Ser, a marketing counselor for South Korean project developer World City. —  KI Media
  • David Miliband, the British foreign minister, has called for a rethink on the strategy against terrorism, saying the "war on terror" may have caused "more harm than good". —  AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)
  • One way to rethink is by designing a cool office space. —  Entrepreneur.com: Latest Articles
  • Obama Should Take a Hard Look at Bush's Terrorism Executive Orders President-elect Barack Obama's promise to rethink, reexamine and maybe even scrap some of Bush 'executive orders was greeted with much joy by environmentalists, abortion rights advocates, and labor union officials.
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