as in to recapture
to get again in one's possession
our team regained the ball with just two minutes left on the clock
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Recent Examples of regain
Republicans regained a diminished edge through 2018.
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Karlyn Bowman, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Rhodes defeated Cena to regain the Undisputed WWE Championship in an epic street fight that finished off an incredible weekend at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Neeley said local officials are focused on regaining the community’s trust and understand there are lingering concerns about water quality.
—Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2025
Yet, experienced Dead & Co. fans will tell you, that’s hardly unusual for Night 1 of a stand, especially one that follows a lengthy break in the performance schedule, as the band attempts to regain its footing on the live stage.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2025
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Karlyn Bowman, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Rhodes defeated Cena to regain the Undisputed WWE Championship in an epic street fight that finished off an incredible weekend at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Neeley said local officials are focused on regaining the community’s trust and understand there are lingering concerns about water quality.
—Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2025
Yet, experienced Dead & Co. fans will tell you, that’s hardly unusual for Night 1 of a stand, especially one that follows a lengthy break in the performance schedule, as the band attempts to regain its footing on the live stage.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regain
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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
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Clearly, this is an inconvenient circumstance for Netanyahu, and his government has gone to some lengths to try to recapture the moral high ground — and the recent release of Hamas videos showing emaciated hostages in Gaza would seem to be doing some of the heavy lifting for him.—
Peter Jensen,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Aug. 2025
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This initiates a continuous, adaptive cycle: retrieving data, reasoning over it, taking actions, storing partial outcomes and adjusting future steps.—
Naren Narendran,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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However, South Milwaukee Human Concerns is hoping to disperse school supplies starting Monday, Aug. 18. Similar to how items were given out during the COVID-19 pandemic, people will be allowed to enter the lobby and a worker will retrieve school supplies from the back.—
Erik S. Hanley,
jsonline.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Once the heat subsides in late summer or early fall, a final application can be made to help warm-season lawns recover from summer stresses.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
17 Aug. 2025
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They were all hospitalized and are expected to recover.—
Rebecca White,
New York Daily News,
17 Aug. 2025
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The image background was glittery orange, the same texture seen on her website with her letter reclaiming her entire catalog.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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And Swift’s desire to reclaim control of her artistic legacy led her to re-record four of her early albums.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Regain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regain. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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