as in to recapture
to get again in one's possession
our team regained the ball with just two minutes left on the clock
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Recent Examples of regain
What feels like regaining control — through guilt induction or exaggerated emotions — actually backfires, pushing the partner away.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Jordan Romano has regained some velocity and settled into a better place over the last week.
—Matt Gelb, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2025
Perhaps the biggest difference was that McIlroy had to regain his confidence by himself, while the Cubs had right fielder Jason Heyward on hand to deliver his inspirational rain-delay speech.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
David went to spring training to regain the closer’s role.
—Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Jordan Romano has regained some velocity and settled into a better place over the last week.
—Matt Gelb, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2025
Perhaps the biggest difference was that McIlroy had to regain his confidence by himself, while the Cubs had right fielder Jason Heyward on hand to deliver his inspirational rain-delay speech.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
David went to spring training to regain the closer’s role.
—Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regain
Verb
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Alas, recapturing that magic on the movie screen has proved elusive.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Remember, when the market crashed in 1929, the Dow would not recapture its Roaring ’20s high until 1954.—
Ron Insana,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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Trend Micro said that the de-obfuscated script in the ransom note executed a PowerShell command which performs a multi-stage operation: retrieving a ransomware loader (cwiper.exe), ktool.exe and other PowerShell scripts.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Lawyers for Khalil disputed the government’s account of the situation and said Khalil’s wife went into their apartment to retrieve his Green Card only for the agents to arrest him.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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They are all expected to fully recover, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare officials said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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Six patients who were hospitalized in relation to the shooting are in stable condition and expected to fully recover, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare said Friday.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
19 Apr. 2025
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While Trump didn't explicitly endorse any specific plan to circumvent this rule, some have speculated that a scenario could unfold where Vice President JD Vance becomes president in 2028 and steps aside to allow Trump to reclaim the office.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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In some cases, a text scammer will be able to extract enough of a response to track down the person’s social media accounts and lock them out and people are willing to pay to reclaim their accounts.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Regain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regain. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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