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 first step in recapturing that kind of production is returning to the field. Tim Graham, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Because buyers assume the risk of the IRS disallowing or recapturing the credit, corporate buyers demand strict indemnity. Dr. Dick Bridy, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 However, this vaccine involved recapturing animals four weeks on from their initial shot in order to administer the booster injection. New Atlas, 21 July 2026 In other words, there is no recapturing the mythological—and curiously innocent—gleam of earlier World Cup eras. Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026 This is not a franchise that seems capable of really recapturing the magic of the circumstances that birthed it; some good things are best left untouched and alone. Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 26 June 2026 Combat robots are even recapturing territory without putting soldiers at risk. Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026 The band members chatted with The Times about recapturing the effortless essence of their immortal beach-ready sound and looking forward to a second chance to chase an endless summer. Deputy Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026 Stocks had been on a tear before the past few sessions, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hitting fresh record highs last week, and the Dow briefly recapturing the 50,000 level. Liz Napolitano,lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 18 May 2026
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  • The person opened the driver’s door and then the trunk before reaching inside, prompting the driver recording the scene to leave out of concern that the shooter might be retrieving additional weapons.
    Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Instrumental convergence is the observation that very different terminal goals tend to call for the same instrumental ones, whether the goal is making paperclips, curing a disease, or retrieving a flag in a security exercise.
    Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
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  • For Lynnette Grey Bull, who is Northern Arapaho and Hunkpapa Lakota, returning to Colorado is less about reclaiming the past than about asserting the present.
    Anna Alejo, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • Subaru has finally found its stride in the EV market with the 2026 Uncharted GT, reclaiming its eco-friendly brand image.
    Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
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  • The actor appeared on The Tonight Show to discuss his role on the HBO drama and reflected on the significance of his role as recovering drug addict Ali Muhammad.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Bezos, through the Bezos Earth Fund, is reportedly committing $100 million to the Phoenix Species Project, an initiative dedicated to recovering endangered species.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 5 Aug. 2026

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“Recapturing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recapturing. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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