REATTAINING Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

reattaining

verb

present participle of reattain

as in taking over

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Gudas was one of Bill Zito’s first acquisitions after taking over the Panthers’ front office.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026
Here is how the wand stacks up against the mask and the panel taking over at-home wellness routines.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026

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Work to address the track-circuit issue — in which the signal system erroneously reports a train occupying a section of track — was underway.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026
After occupying fashion and media conversations since its release on Monday, the inaugural men’s style issue of New York Magazine was toasted properly on Tuesday evening with a celebratory dinner.

— Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 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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The point is to allow young people to enter the workforce more quickly, avoid unnecessary costs, and continue accumulating skills over time.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
Warmer temperatures associated with El Niño can mean more precipitation falls as rain rather than snow at lower elevations, while colder, higher elevations remain more likely to see accumulating snow.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026

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