reacquiring

verb

present participle of reacquire
as in retrieving
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 reacquiring
  1. retrieving
  2. recapturing
  3. recovering
  4. reclaiming
Verb
  • The person opened the driver’s door and then the trunk before reaching inside, prompting the driver recording the scene to leave out of concern that the shooter might be retrieving additional weapons.
    — Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Instrumental convergence is the observation that very different terminal goals tend to call for the same instrumental ones, whether the goal is making paperclips, curing a disease, or retrieving a flag in a security exercise.
    — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of retrieving
Verb
  • The first step in recapturing that kind of production is returning to the field.
    — Tim Graham, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Because buyers assume the risk of the IRS disallowing or recapturing the credit, corporate buyers demand strict indemnity.
    — Dr. Dick Bridy, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of recapturing
Verb
  • The city of Aurora is still recovering after two mornings of heavy storms and high winds this week.
    — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Her two younger siblings, then ages 6 and 7, were also taken for emergency medical treatment and spent three weeks in the hospital recovering from severe malnutrition.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of recovering
Verb
  • Yet Schore makes a compelling case that the greatest opportunity for reclaiming time isn't found by reorganizing schedules but by managing the internal conversations that quietly consume them.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Getting a tattoo is an act of reclaiming your bodily autonomy.
    — Kara McGrath, Allure, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of reclaiming
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