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 Now, the Rockaway Ocean Club will offer hotel rooms, a pool, and event spaces aimed at recapturing the spirit of the bathhouse's heyday nearly a century ago. Elle McLogan, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 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
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  • An agentic system pursues a goal across multiple steps—retrieving data, calling APIs, applying business rules, making decisions and handing off exceptions—with limited human prompting along the way.
    Tammy Hawes, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Missing a layup and retrieving it is not a supernatural power.
    Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026
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  • Yet Schore makes a compelling case that the greatest opportunity for reclaiming time isn't found by reorganizing schedules but by managing the internal conversations that quietly consume them.
    Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Getting a tattoo is an act of reclaiming your bodily autonomy.
    Kara McGrath, Allure, 12 Aug. 2026
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  • Rescuers continued recovering bodies from the artisanal mining site in Zamboye, near the border with Cameroon, but local workers said the response lacked the equipment and expertise needed for a disaster of such scale.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Detectives were seen outside the building recovering what appeared to be several shell casings.
    Christina Fan, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

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“Recapturing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recapturing. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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