reattaining

Definition of reattainingnext
present participle of reattain

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reattaining
Verb
  • Belichick also was one of the game's top defensive assistants before taking over in New England, winning two earlier Super Bowls as defensive coordinator for the New York Giants.
    CBS News, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • First, there’s La Réserve Firenze, which is taking over a 15th-century palace in the city’s ever-buzzy Oltrarno district, just a few minutes’ walk from the centre, but mercifully removed from the high summer tourist scrum.
    Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The invasion of an American city by a federal occupying force might finally have stirred the conscience of the people.
    Michael Luo, New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2026
  • As of that month, however, Leiweke was reportedly still occupying a seat on the Oak View board as vice chairman.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • That includes 15 Democrats, who are leaving despite their party’s increasing odds of recapturing the House next November.
    David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2026
  • After recapturing Jerusalem’s holy temple, which had been defiled by the occupiers, the Maccabees searched for pure oil to light the menorah.
    Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Opponents complained that annexing the whole of Mexico would be financially ruinous, and frowned upon having the military indefinitely deployed to Mexico, where most of the citizens would not welcome them.
    Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Lately, the president has revisited his preoccupation with annexing Greenland in an increasingly belligerent manner.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 20 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Farther south, accumulating snow is also expected across parts of South Carolina and into eastern Georgia, where temperatures will remain cold enough for snow.
    Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The camera observes it all, cutting between these maids, cooks, and footmen with a kind of accumulating effect.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Reattaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reattaining. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.

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