RECLAIMING Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

reclaiming

verb

Definition of reclaiming next

present participle of reclaim

as in recapturing

to get again in one's possession she reclaimed the championship title after losing it last year

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as in rehabilitating

to make better in behavior or character a program to reclaim juvenile offenders by requiring them to do community service

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as in recycling

to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product after reclaiming the glycerin from used vegetable oil, you can use the oil to create a fuel that burns cleaner than regular gasoline

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Recent Examples of reclaiming Until Friday's session, stocks had enjoyed a strong week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average reclaiming the 50,000 level and the S & P 500 closing above 7,500 for the first time. —

Fred Imbert, CNBC, 15 May 2026 The seat is considered one of the most competitive in the nation and critical to Democratic hopes of reclaiming control of the chamber. —

ABC News, 14 May 2026 In another historic development, preliminary results show that nine women will sit in Parliament for the first time in 24 years, with all seven of the winning party’s female candidates reclaiming their seats and two women from the opposition, the Nassau Guardian reported. —

Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026 But the Yankees initially planned on Volpe reclaiming his job before Caballero caught fire. —

Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026 Long thought of as a space for stylistic exuberance, the Cannes Film Festival red carpet now seems to be reclaiming control over its image. —

Blanche Marcel, Vanity Fair, 12 May 2026 Even reclaiming loneliness as a desirable state feels Texan, like a reminder that the Lone Star symbolizes independence. —

Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 May 2026 Microsoft’s report found several websites that pretend to offer guidance for freeing up macOS storage or reclaiming Mac disk space. —

Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 7 May 2026 If The House is Burning captured the joie de vivre of reclaiming your life after years of disassociation and detachment, IT’S BEEN AWFUL depicts the excruciating process of living with your eyes wide open, of holding up the mirror to your face and not looking away. —

Brady Brickner-Wood, Pitchfork, 6 May 2026

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And history suggests that returning is one thing, but recapturing the same intensity of viewership and fandom is another.

— Precious Fondren, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
More than a century later the Yaʿrubid dynasty drove the Portuguese from the Omani coast, recapturing Muscat in 1650 and then occupying Portuguese settlements in the Persian Gulf and East African coastal regions.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026