REATTAINING Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

reattaining

verb

present participle of reattain

as in taking over

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The retailer has expanded the space by 140 percent, taking over an area formerly dedicated to tableware, crockery and small home furnishings.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 July 2026
The San Francisco campus is taking over the site of the California College of the Arts, the 119-year-old institution that will graduate its final class in 2027 after struggling with falling enrollment and a roughly $20 million deficit.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 23 July 2026

Definition of taking over

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Morgan Wallen dominates the Country Streaming Songs chart this week, occupying 10 of the 25 available spaces and controlling 40% of the entire ranking.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Casey imagines America as a crumbling hotel, with each of the album’s nine songs occupying a room haunted by its own uneasy guest.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 22 July 2026

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However, this vaccine involved recapturing animals four weeks on from their initial shot in order to administer the booster injection.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 July 2026
In other words, there is no recapturing the mythological—and curiously innocent—gleam of earlier World Cup eras.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

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Baun said that City Council previously identified this area back in the 2000s when council began annexing the BLM land and planned to annex the Avimor development, then called Spring Valley.

— Noah Daly July 24, Idaho Statesman, 24 July 2026
Thurston and others formed a group, named the Committee of Safety, and plotted to overthrow Liliuokalani and install their own administration, one that would be open to the United States annexing the islands.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026

Definition of annexing

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Their interpretation looks like vinyl letters from a past show peeled off the wall but left on the floor, unpatched holes in the drywall, and accumulating dirt and dust.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 29 July 2026
These accumulating expenses effectively act as a hidden tax on communities.

— Brian Castrucci, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

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