recapturing

present participle of recapture
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 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 Also, a romance arc was added to the legal realism, which led to the filming in Hong Kong, recapturing scenes of a previous meeting between Lee and Mun’s characters. Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recapturing
Verb
  • The team buses were leaving for SoFi Stadium as emergency officials were retrieving Cyphers.
    Matt Barrows, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • CancelConfirm Share Include playlist An error occurred while retrieving sharing information.
    Dateline NBC, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Beginning Sunday, Mexico will kick off cultural events dedicated to reclaiming the story of Malinche with her pre-Hispanic name, Malintzin, on the anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americas.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The project restores this silent existence, showing that, despite adversity, the Sahrawi people continue to exist, reclaiming their memory, identity, and right to be seen.
    Vogue, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • First, washing the resulting powder with water removes soluble lithium salts created during the thermal reaction, recovering more than 60% of the total lithium.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Keep recovering, keep battling.
    Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025

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“Recapturing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recapturing. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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