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.
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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
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
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The team buses were leaving for SoFi Stadium as emergency officials were retrieving Cyphers.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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CancelConfirm Share Include playlist An error occurred while retrieving sharing information.—
Dateline NBC,
NBC news,
8 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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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