reacquired

past tense of reacquire
as in regained
to get again in one's possession the hockey team is hoping to reacquire the Stanley Cup this year

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Verb
  • Another pitcher whose work could be pivotal is lefty Ryan Yarbrough, a lefty who went 16-6 as a rookie reliever for the 2018 Tampa Bay Rays but has never recaptured that form.
    Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Prison officials discovered the error in August, and Cramer was recaptured the following day.
    Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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  • Messages shown to them by a roommate included references to a rifle that needed to be retrieved, wrapped in a towel.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Hearing this, John stood up, retrieved the guitar from its stand at the end of the room, brought it back, and handed it to me.
    Tom Piazza September 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • The fact that the FBI recovered the firearm will accelerate the investigation, Chittum said, since it can be traced and tested for fingerprints and DNA evidence.
    Will Carless, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The gun and cartridges recovered are to be flown to the FBI’s main laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, for the most technologically advanced forensic analysis, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Reacquired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reacquired. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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