reattained

verb

past tense of reattain
as in took over

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  1. took over
  2. occupied
  3. annexed
  4. recaptured
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  • San Bernardino deputies said the Sheriff's Rural Crimes Task Force took over the investigation and asked anyone with tips to send them to law enforcement.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • In 2017, the year Helm took over, the studio took in $120,000 in gross profit, with $134,000 in additional expenses, resulting in losses of about $14,000.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of took over
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  • Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry said that its air defenses overnight intercepted almost 400 Ukrainian drones over 14 Russian regions and occupied Crimea.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Japan was occupied by the United States, and the emperor was stripped of his semidivine status.
    — Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of occupied
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  • In an email to the Statesman, city spokesperson Trevor Smith confirmed that, if annexed, Ibaia would be the first property in the city touching the Boise River.
    — Rose Evans August 9, Idaho Statesman, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The land Faith Technologies hopes to build on was annexed into Olathe in August 2025 and rezoned in May for potential industrial use.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of annexed
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  • Should Flaco have been recaptured and returned to his tiny environment within the Central Park Zoo?
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Aug. 2026
  • None of Argentina’s players had been born when the country’s military dictatorship invaded the Malvinas in 1982, holding the islands for 73 days before British forces recaptured them in a war that killed 649 Argentine and 255 British troops.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
Definition of recaptured
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