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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
The married duo — who last won first place almost a decade ago in 2016 — shut the floor down like veterans reclaiming their crown.
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Alexa Stone
updated October 21, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
Brands beat out governments and institutions, reclaiming a higher score in people’s trust ladder, just below relatives and social circles, corner shops and employers.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
These once-humble activities are reclaiming their place not as quaint relics, but as powerful tools for well-being.
—Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
In July, Taylor Nation — Swift’s in-house marketing arm — led a weeklong series of listening events celebrating the singer reclaiming her master recordings.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
Democrats’ polling lead ahead of the 2026 midterm elections reveals a warning sign for their efforts at reclaiming a majority of seats in the House of Representatives next November.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Current stars Karim Adeyemi and Julian Ryerson both scored when Dortmund ended their five-year wait for a Klassiker win with a 2-0 triumph at the Allianz in 2024, and Bayern could not beat Niko Kovac’s team home or away en route to reclaiming their Bundesliga crown last season.
—Jack Bantock, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Through intimate diary cams and raw confessionals, the series explores their emotional and physical journeys toward reclaiming their lives.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
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
Alexa Stone
updated October 21, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
Brands beat out governments and institutions, reclaiming a higher score in people’s trust ladder, just below relatives and social circles, corner shops and employers.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
These once-humble activities are reclaiming their place not as quaint relics, but as powerful tools for well-being.
—Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
In July, Taylor Nation — Swift’s in-house marketing arm — led a weeklong series of listening events celebrating the singer reclaiming her master recordings.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
Democrats’ polling lead ahead of the 2026 midterm elections reveals a warning sign for their efforts at reclaiming a majority of seats in the House of Representatives next November.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Current stars Karim Adeyemi and Julian Ryerson both scored when Dortmund ended their five-year wait for a Klassiker win with a 2-0 triumph at the Allianz in 2024, and Bayern could not beat Niko Kovac’s team home or away en route to reclaiming their Bundesliga crown last season.
—Jack Bantock, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Through intimate diary cams and raw confessionals, the series explores their emotional and physical journeys toward reclaiming their lives.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reclaiming
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Alongside contemporaries including Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill and Maxwell, the neo-soul class focused on recapturing the live, thick instrumentation, rich songwriting and weighted, passionate delivery of its nominal genre predecessor.—
Trevor Anderson,
Billboard,
22 Oct. 2025
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With the current administration's focus on securing domestic energy, materials, and recapturing semiconductor production market share this rally will not rally in a linear upward direction.—
Todd Gordon,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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Community members at the time cried and mourned as their hopes of rehabilitating and reopening the historic structure were reduced to ashes.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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Blackwell and his team got to work rehabilitating the declining species native to Mexico.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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In the forest, carpenter ants have a job to do, recycling woody debris, such as dead trees and fallen logs.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
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The neon skyline of the city is somewhat pretty, but most levels — from underground clubs to ethereal dimensions — mostly boil down to a series of tight corridors, routinely recycling their layouts.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
20 Oct. 2025
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Although the murderers are often characters with redeeming qualities, Nolan Hurst (David Cross) is more sympathetic than most, and his killing of toy store manager/part-time extortionist Patrick Palmer (Drew Seltzer) is an unpremeditated act of desperation, not the settling of a score.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
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Other gamers are fuming that Microsoft has also changed its policies to block users from redeeming Reward points to pay for Xbox Game Pass subscriptions.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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CancelConfirm Share Include playlist An error occurred while retrieving sharing information.—
Dateline NBC,
NBC news,
22 Oct. 2025
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The first phase of the agreement is still in motion, with Hamas yet to hand over the bodies of the remaining 15 hostages to Israel, citing difficulty in retrieving them from the rubble.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Her Liberal Democratic Party is still recovering from corruption scandals, and her performance abroad could shape both her political future and her party’s recovery.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Winger Bertrand Traore did his fair share of defensive work, shutting down space in the right channel, and Trai Hume was industrious in pushing up to aid attacks and recovering to avoid being exploited on the counter.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Reclaiming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reclaiming. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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