rethink - use in sentences

Object

  • notion: Human security is a concept that has emerged in recent years from the effort to rethink established notions of security.
  • assumption: So the key books for me are probably those that have helped me rethink basic assumptions.
  • construction: Keywords: earth energy systems, thermal efficiency, rethinking construction.

Converse of object

  • prompt: Given Japan's huge budget deficit, that could prompt a rethink.
  • force: This could force a rethink by the Bank of England on the matter of holding the rates steady.
  • demand: Circumstances have changed beyond recognition since and rightly demand a rethink, but these modest gains have also been under threat.
  • require: It might require a thorough rethink of how we approach private Members ' Bills.

Adjective modifier

  • radical: Perhaps then, we need a radical rethink about what the role of PCTs should actually be?
  • fundamental: Given the problems outlined above, nothing less than a fundamental policy rethink will do.
  • urgent: Such a scenario calls for an urgent rethink on the present information euphoria.
  • serious: It may be in your best interests to abandon your project or at least pause for a serious rethink.
  • major: We hope to help bring about a major rethink about the content of tactile graphics.
  • complete: A complete rethink regarding the capacity of the services was required.

Modifying Another Word

  • radically: Do we need to radically rethink the paradigms for development in the region?

Used with why or when

  • what: I think the newspapers should rethink what they put in.

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