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Reanap
Reanap was an Egyptian commissioner of the mid-14th century BC, attested in the Amarna letters, who served as the pharaoh's representative among the vassal rulers of Egyptian-dominated Syria and Palestine.
Reann Gasper
Reann Gasper, British Columbia Conservative MLA for Abbotsford-Mission 2024–2026; won 13,523 votes (55.38%) over NDP incumbent Pam Alexis; resigned August 22, 2026 for Kerry-Lynne Findlay's by-election.
Reappraisal task
The reappraisal task is an experimental paradigm in emotion research in which participants reinterpret negative pictures or film clips, with the drop in negative affect scoring their reappraisal ability.
Reappropriation
Reappropriation, also called linguistic reclamation, is the taking back of a pejorative epithet by the group it targets, as with 'queer', 'dyke', and the n-word. Studied in linguistics, philosophy of language, and social psychology as an identity-management strategy linked to collective action.
Rear admiral
Rear admiral: senior naval flag officer rank below vice admiral, NATO OF-7. In the US Navy it exists as two grades, rear admiral (lower half, O-7) and rear admiral (O-8), equivalent to brigadier and major general.
Rear admiral (United States)
Rear admiral (United States): Navy and Coast Guard flag rank in two grades, rear admiral lower half (RDML, O-7, one star) and upper half (RADM, O-8, two stars), equivalent to brigadier and major general.
Reason
Reason, the capacity for reflective, premise-based thought (Latin ratio, French raison, German Vernunft); in philosophy the intellect as source of true knowledge, in psychology consecutive thought; covers theoretical versus practical reason and dual-process versus interactionist theories of reasoning.
Reason (magazine)
Reason is the American libertarian monthly magazine founded in 1968 by Lanny Friedlander, published by the nonprofit Reason Foundation (1978), tagline "free minds and free markets," circulation about 52,000, edited by Katherine Mangu-Ward.
Reasonable doubt
Reasonable doubt: the criminal standard of proof requiring prosecution evidence to leave the fact-finder firmly convinced of guilt. Formulated by 1798, constitutionally required in the U.S. by In re Winship (1970), with disputed theological origins.
Reasonable person
The reasonable person is a hypothetical ordinary, prudent adult used as the objective benchmark for negligence in common law, established in Vaughan v. Menlove (1837), adjusted for children and disability, and measured by juries.
Reasonable suspicion
Reasonable suspicion is the Fourth Amendment standard from Terry v. Ohio allowing brief stops and frisks on articulable facts, below probable cause, applied through totality of the circumstances in cases like Wardlow, Glover, and recent immigration rulings.
Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Beverley McLachlin
Written judgments authored by Beverley McLachlin during her 1989-2017 tenure on the Supreme Court of Canada, including 18 years as Chief Justice; known for clarity, contextualized judging, co-authorship, and reconciliation and federalism jurisprudence.
Rebate (marketing)
A mail-in rebate is a partial refund claimed after purchase by mailing a form, receipt, and UPC bar code; many buyers never claim, so firms sell at two prices.
Rebecca (רִבְקָה)
Rebecca (רִבְקָה, Rivqah), also spelled Rebekah, is the second matriarch of Israel in the Book of Genesis: the wife of Isaac, mother of Jacob and Esau, and daughter of Bethuel.
Rebecca Alpert
Rebecca T. Alpert is an American Reconstructionist rabbi ordained in 1976, among the first women rabbis in America, and later one of the first openly lesbian rabbis.
Rebecca Alty
Rebecca Alty is a Canadian Liberal politician and Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, elected in 2025 as the Northwest Territories' MP after serving as mayor of Yellowknife from 2018 to 2025.
Rebecca B. Smith
Rebecca B. Smith, also known as Rebecca Beach Smith, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Virginia since 1989.
Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Rebecca Bauer-Kahan is an American Democratic politician and attorney first elected in 2018 to represent California's 16th Assembly district, where she chairs the Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection.
Rebecca Bennett (New Jersey politician)
Rebecca Bennett is an American politician and Democratic nominee for the U.S. House in New Jersey's 7th District, facing Republican incumbent Tom Kean, Jr. in 2026.
Rebecca Cairns-Wicks
Rebecca Cairns-Wicks, Saint Helenian conservation scientist and politician, Chief Minister of St Helena since 10 September 2025, elected unanimously by Legislative Council; former Coordinator of the St Helena Research Institute and endemic-flora conservationist.
Rebecca Chartrand
Rebecca Chartrand is a Canadian politician, elected in 2025 as MP for Churchill-Keewatinook Aski and as Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs, and the first First Nations woman from Manitoba in Cabinet.
Rebecca Cooke (politician)
Rebecca Cooke is an American politician from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, who ran three times for the U.S. House, losing the 2024 election to Derrick Van Orden before winning the 2026 nomination.
Rebecca G. Ebinger
Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, born 1975, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Southern District of Iowa since 2016, appointed by President Obama.
Rebecca G. Jennings
Rebecca G. Jennings, also known as Rebecca Grady Jennings, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Kentucky since 2018, appointed by President Donald J. Trump.
Rebecca Guerin
Rebecca J. Guerin is an American research social scientist at NIOSH, part of the CDC, known for the 2020 NIOSH Future of Work perspective and translation research.
Rebecca Harris
Rebecca Harris is a British Conservative politician, MP for Castle Point since 2010, who became Opposition Chief Whip in November 2024 after serving as Comptroller of HM Household.
Rebecca Heineman
Rebecca Heineman, nicknamed "Burger Becky", was an American video game programmer who became the first US video game champion in 1980 and co-founded Interplay Productions in 1983.
Rebecca Jarvis
Rebecca Jarvis (born 1981) is ABC News' chief business, technology and economics correspondent, creator and host of The Dropout podcast about Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, host of No Limits, and executive producer of the Hulu Dropout miniseries.
Rebecca Kaden
Rebecca Kaden is a managing partner at Union Square Ventures, the New York venture capital firm, and its first female partner, having joined in 2017 from Maveron.
Rebecca Kassay
Rebecca Kassay is an American politician and Democratic member of the New York State Assembly from the 4th district in Suffolk County, taking office in January 2025.