as in regaining
to get again in one's possession
our team managed to recapture the ball after the fumble
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Recent Examples of recapturing
That includes 15 Democrats, who are leaving despite their party’s increasing odds of recapturing the House next November.
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David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2026
After recapturing Jerusalem’s holy temple, which had been defiled by the occupiers, the Maccabees searched for pure oil to light the menorah.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Dec. 2025
Recent rulings from courts in several states could boost Democrats’ chances of recapturing the House majority and keep them from having to spend considerable funds defending their normal battleground incumbents and new competitive seats drawn by gerrymandering.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 22 Nov. 2025
Alongside contemporaries including Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill and Maxwell, the neo-soul class focused on recapturing the live, thick instrumentation, rich songwriting and weighted, passionate delivery of its nominal genre predecessor.
—Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2025
With the current administration's focus on securing domestic energy, materials, and recapturing semiconductor production market share this rally will not rally in a linear upward direction.
—Todd Gordon, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
The odds of Democrats recapturing the Senate in next year’s midterm election are long.
—Ronald Brownstein, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
The people inside browsed through notebooks, recapturing an analog age.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Or Wilson could be the next Sam Darnold or Geno Smith, a quarterback leaving the New York Jets and recapturing a good career.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2026
After recapturing Jerusalem’s holy temple, which had been defiled by the occupiers, the Maccabees searched for pure oil to light the menorah.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Dec. 2025
Recent rulings from courts in several states could boost Democrats’ chances of recapturing the House majority and keep them from having to spend considerable funds defending their normal battleground incumbents and new competitive seats drawn by gerrymandering.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 22 Nov. 2025
Alongside contemporaries including Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill and Maxwell, the neo-soul class focused on recapturing the live, thick instrumentation, rich songwriting and weighted, passionate delivery of its nominal genre predecessor.
—Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2025
With the current administration's focus on securing domestic energy, materials, and recapturing semiconductor production market share this rally will not rally in a linear upward direction.
—Todd Gordon, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
The odds of Democrats recapturing the Senate in next year’s midterm election are long.
—Ronald Brownstein, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
The people inside browsed through notebooks, recapturing an analog age.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Or Wilson could be the next Sam Darnold or Geno Smith, a quarterback leaving the New York Jets and recapturing a good career.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recapturing
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Indiana is preparing to work with private industry to determine the feasibility of retrieving rare earth elements from its legacy coal byproducts.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Another agent, wearing a grey jacket, can be seen from some camera angles reaching into the scrum of other officers and retrieving a weapon that seems to match the firearm the DHS says Pretti possessed.—
Thomas Bordeaux,
CNN Money,
25 Jan. 2026
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For Shetty, that shift means reclaiming control over priorities that often get sidelined and passed on to other people.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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The center display was made larger in part by reclaiming space formerly occupied by hard navigation buttons and relocating the volume dial to the trim just below it.—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
29 Jan. 2026
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The pit bull was recovering as of Thursday.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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The priority became recovering the bodies and the personal belongings and returning them to their families while gathering evidence for crash investigators.—
Gary Fields,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Recapturing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recapturing. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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