REATTAINING Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

reattaining

verb

present participle of reattain

as in taking over

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Shapiro has been named the next Richard Rodgers dean and director of the drama division at the prestigious school, taking over starting in July 2027.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
With swangy flavors taking over the snack aisle, these findings raise some interesting questions about whether the trend could do more than just satisfy adventurous taste buds.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026

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After, walk over for a coffee at Silos & Social, a café occupying the ground floor of the century-old Latah County Grain Growers complex.

— Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
The local community told ABC that Port MacDonnell does not have its own search and rescue vessel, despite occupying around 125 miles of coastline.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 28 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

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Some teachers recommend doing it weekly to catch missing work, spills from leaky water bottles and accumulating crumbs.

— Cheyanne Mumphrey, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
If the organization pays for accumulation and charges for unlearning, accumulating is the correct strategy, and the man with two decades and a photograph for a pattern was doing exactly what those decades had paid him to do.

— Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

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