recaptured

past tense of recapture
as in regained
to get again in one's possession our team managed to recapture the ball after the fumble

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Recent Examples of recaptured Should Flaco have been recaptured and returned to his tiny environment within the Central Park Zoo? Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Aug. 2026 None of Argentina’s players had been born when the country’s military dictatorship invaded the Malvinas in 1982, holding the islands for 73 days before British forces recaptured them in a war that killed 649 Argentine and 255 British troops. ABC News, 31 July 2026 Bamse and one other individual were recaptured and assessed after a month and found to still be chlamydia-free. New Atlas, 21 July 2026 China successfully recaptured the first stage of a rocket after a launch on Friday in a breakthrough for the country’s space program, state media said. Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026 Before being released, each snake is microchipped so they can be identified if they are recaptured; the chips also help biologists track the snakes’ movement. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026 He was recaptured and indicted on a charge of obstructing a pending immigration proceeding. CBS News, 17 June 2026 Each snake released was fitted with a microchip, which can be used to identify it in the future if it is encountered or recaptured. Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026 Data center context and competitive pressure The server CPU market has shifted considerably since AMD’s EPYC Milan recaptured meaningful share from Intel in the early 2020s. Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 22 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recaptured
Verb
  • His drive to right field went over the Tigers bullpen and was retrieved by a fan on the lawn.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The raw footage sat in a Kansas salt mine for decades, until it was retrieved by Lurhmann’s team.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2026
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  • However, by Monday morning officials said many more people were aboard than listed, and that the number of people still missing was unclear after 229 people were rescued and five bodies recovered.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Roman Reigns hit a third spear and the referee recovered in time to count to three.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
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  • The Rangers reclaimed the lead after scoring off a Rays error in the fourth and then Wyatt Langford hit a double, allowing Alejandro Osuna to score.
    Cal Phillips July 30, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026
  • Canada reclaimed the top spot by volume at 16% of purchases, while China — last year’s dollar-volume leader — slipped to third in purchase count.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 July 2026

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“Recaptured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recaptured. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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