REATTAINING Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

reattaining

verb

present participle of reattain

as in taking over

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The winner will replace outgoing Treasurer Fiona Ma, taking over an office responsible for managing the state's investments, public borrowing and financing programs.

— Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
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

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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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The interest accumulating on that debt also poses a major challenge at a time when the government wants to boost defense spending.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
Audio captures moments before Learjet crash Minutes before the crash, the pilot of the plane reported ice accumulating on the aircraft, an outside air temperature of -47 degrees Celsius, and moderate turbulence.

— Holly Yan, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026

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