REATTAINING Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

reattaining

verb

present participle of reattain

as in taking over

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But the state sued to stop the district from taking over, and a court sided with the state late in 2024.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
The Stomping Ground has a chance to double its capacity and greatly expand its dining area by taking over a vacant space next door.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Oct. 2026

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No one from the magazine bothered to help clean up the mess, but Camper, Tim and Mike, until then occupying each other by the Golden Age of SF section, responded rapidly.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
Gaga’s former penthouse is a corner duplex occupying the top two floors of the building.

— Meg Walters, InStyle, 29 Oct. 2026

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New London officials are eagerly endorsing Spinnaker Real Estate Partners’ proposal as a way to draw some of the thousands of new employees being hired by nearby Electric Boat while recapturing a stretch of attractive waterfront at the marina.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
As opposed to infantile regression, the oceanic feeling can also be understood as a means of recapturing a repressed sense of relation, connection, affinities.

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

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The residents launched their recall effort following contentious meetings over annexing the 2,000 acres into Granbury and zoning the land for industrial use despite vehement opposition from residents.

— Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2026
Israel hopes to expand its de facto borders, including by annexing as much as possible of historic Palestine, and to impose its writ by force across vast swaths of the region.

— MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

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Beasley had previously borrowed money from Davis after accumulating millions of dollars in gambling losses.

— Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
However, given the company's future commitments for computing power that have yet to hit its expenses, Anthropic will have to continue accumulating cash through fundraising or generating profits to fulfill its obligations.

— Leslie Picker, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026

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