reacquires

verb

present tense third-person singular of reacquire
as in regains
to get again in one's possession the hockey team is hoping to reacquire the Stanley Cup this year

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reacquires
  1. retrieves
  2. recaptures
  3. recovers
Verb
  • When an agent retrieves a record for a specific task, that task context should be attached as metadata to any derived output, so a downstream agent or process inherits the same access constraint rather than starting from a clean slate.
    — Gopichand Mannava, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Next, an autonomous drone retrieves the order and flies to the patient's address.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of retrieves
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  • Oh, there’s a pipe dream out there, all about a once-great player who recaptures the old magic, but that’s hardly the appropriate mood.
    — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2026
  • While not a full-fledged continuation of the fantastic action show Lycoris Recoil, this series of shorts recaptures the other half of the 2022 girls-with-guns series.
    — Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
Definition of recaptures
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  • SpaceX routinely recovers and reuses Falcon 9 booster stages with near-flawless performance.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Hicks’ wife Belen Hernandez continues to run their restaurant, with their children helping out while their father recovers.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of recovers
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