reacquire
verb
re·ac·quire
(ˌ)rē-ə-ˈkwī(-ə)r 
reacquired; reacquiring; reacquires
: to acquire again: such as
a
: to regain as one's own
reacquired the rights to the movie
(sports) … returns to Chicago this fall, reacquired in a stunning trade …—
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b
: to relocate and hold (something previously held) in a detector
The submarine slowed to reacquire the target.—Tom Clancy
Tom ClancyExamples of reacquire in a Sentence
the hockey team is hoping to reacquire the Stanley Cup this year
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But reacquiring property along the lake would be a particular prize.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
Not many at the time seemed to recognize the enormity of the trade to reacquire him.
—Jay King, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Incensed at being outsmarted, the CEO of Weyland-Yutani (Sandra Yi Sencindive) allows one of her employees, a cyborg with very few scruples named Morrow (Babou Ceesay), to use any means necessary to reacquire the biological specimens.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
It was purchased by eBay for $310 million in 2007, but was reacquired by its co-founder Eric Baker in 2020 for roughly $4 billion through his new company Viagogo.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
Not many at the time seemed to recognize the enormity of the trade to reacquire him.
—Jay King, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Incensed at being outsmarted, the CEO of Weyland-Yutani (Sandra Yi Sencindive) allows one of her employees, a cyborg with very few scruples named Morrow (Babou Ceesay), to use any means necessary to reacquire the biological specimens.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
It was purchased by eBay for $310 million in 2007, but was reacquired by its co-founder Eric Baker in 2020 for roughly $4 billion through his new company Viagogo.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Reacquire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reacquire. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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