reacquiring

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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Verb
  • CancelConfirm Share Include playlist An error occurred while retrieving sharing information.
    Dateline NBC, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The first phase of the agreement is still in motion, with Hamas yet to hand over the bodies of the remaining 15 hostages to Israel, citing difficulty in retrieving them from the rubble.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
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  • Alongside contemporaries including Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill and Maxwell, the neo-soul class focused on recapturing the live, thick instrumentation, rich songwriting and weighted, passionate delivery of its nominal genre predecessor.
    Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2025
  • With the current administration's focus on securing domestic energy, materials, and recapturing semiconductor production market share this rally will not rally in a linear upward direction.
    Todd Gordon, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
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  • Her Liberal Democratic Party is still recovering from corruption scandals, and her performance abroad could shape both her political future and her party’s recovery.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Winger Bertrand Traore did his fair share of defensive work, shutting down space in the right channel, and Trai Hume was industrious in pushing up to aid attacks and recovering to avoid being exploited on the counter.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
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  • The married duo — who last won first place almost a decade ago in 2016 — shut the floor down like veterans reclaiming their crown.
    Alexa Stone Updated October 21, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Brands beat out governments and institutions, reclaiming a higher score in people’s trust ladder, just below relatives and social circles, corner shops and employers.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Reacquiring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reacquiring. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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