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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This victory for the Southern Sierra Miwuk comes just a few months after the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel reacquired 1,107 acres of their ancestral homeland in San Diego County, near the town of Julian.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 3 Dec. 2025
Many returnees reacquired their old property after a struggle but promptly sold it to build a life elsewhere among people who were the same ethnicity as them.
—Adis Maksić, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
What McMahon does want, however, is for the Onondagas to pay taxes on other parcels of land that have been reacquired by the nation at county auctions.
—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
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Owen Clarke, Outside, 3 Dec. 2025
Many returnees reacquired their old property after a struggle but promptly sold it to build a life elsewhere among people who were the same ethnicity as them.
—Adis Maksić, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
What McMahon does want, however, is for the Onondagas to pay taxes on other parcels of land that have been reacquired by the nation at county auctions.
—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
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“Reacquire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reacquire. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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