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
He was recaptured and indicted on a charge of obstructing a pending immigration proceeding.
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CBS News,
17 June 2026
He was recaptured and indicted on a charge of obstructing a pending immigration proceeding.
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ABC News,
16 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.
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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.
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Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
22 May 2026
The inmates, whose ages ranged from 19 to 42, were all eventually recaptured by October.
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Patrick Smith,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
Talley then fled naked from the hospital and soon was recaptured.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
In 2003, a western lowland gorilla broke out of his enclosure at Franklin Park Zoo, bolted into the streets of Boston and injured a 2-year-old girl before being recaptured.
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Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
22 Apr. 2026
The escape happened Thursday in Hayesville and Thomas Daniel Ware was recaptured a day later, before reaching his mother, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office said in an April 17 news release.
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Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Apr. 2026
CBS News,
17 June 2026
He was recaptured and indicted on a charge of obstructing a pending immigration proceeding.
—
ABC News,
16 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
The inmates, whose ages ranged from 19 to 42, were all eventually recaptured by October.
—
Patrick Smith,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
Talley then fled naked from the hospital and soon was recaptured.
—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
In 2003, a western lowland gorilla broke out of his enclosure at Franklin Park Zoo, bolted into the streets of Boston and injured a 2-year-old girl before being recaptured.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
22 Apr. 2026
The escape happened Thursday in Hayesville and Thomas Daniel Ware was recaptured a day later, before reaching his mother, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office said in an April 17 news release.
—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recaptured
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On Monday evening, 18-year-old suspect Bradley Scott Sayer allegedly did a walk-through of the building, retrieved a shotgun from his vehicle and fatally shot Johnson at the main door and Hull inside.
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Wallick believed Martinez-Sarmiento had retrieved a weapon from a car and was going to menace others outside the nightclub, the district attorney’s office said.
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Texts, screen grabs, recordings and other records recovered from a search of Rinderknecht’s cellphones and presented in court portrayed a man who was by turns lonely and livid, angry at billionaires and ex-romantic partners while seemingly scared about his own declining mental health.
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On Wednesday morning, South Korea’s Kospi bounced back by 3% and Samsung recovered much of its losses with a 7% surge – the latest sign that Tuesday’s plunge marked a momentary dip similar to those that have recurred over recent months.
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The Dutch reclaimed the lead in the 64th minute through West Ham’s Crysencio Summerville, and, once again, the Japanese fans responded by cranking up the noise.
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Parts of it are remarkably green, with patchwork fields interspersing the red-brick terraces, and the old industrial landscape reclaimed by nature reserves and parks.
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“Recaptured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recaptured. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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