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
These are the Jets players who need to step up their game for Winnipeg to regain the series lead against the Blues on Wednesday night.
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Murat Ates, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
German Marquez, who’s yet to regain his All-Star form, was hit hard for seven runs in five-plus innings.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 29 Apr. 2025
Williams-Paisley regained her ability to speak out loud again immediately following the surgery.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Make sure the tires reconnect with the road - During the skid, wait until the tires reconnect with the road and then gently straighten the wheels to regain control.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
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Murat Ates, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
German Marquez, who’s yet to regain his All-Star form, was hit hard for seven runs in five-plus innings.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 29 Apr. 2025
Williams-Paisley regained her ability to speak out loud again immediately following the surgery.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Make sure the tires reconnect with the road - During the skid, wait until the tires reconnect with the road and then gently straighten the wheels to regain control.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regain
Verb
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Alas, recapturing that magic on the movie screen has proved elusive.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Remember, when the market crashed in 1929, the Dow would not recapture its Roaring ’20s high until 1954.—
Ron Insana,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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Lawyers for Khalil disputed the government’s account of the situation and said Khalil’s wife went into their apartment to retrieve his Green Card only for the agents to arrest him.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Trend Micro said that the de-obfuscated script in the ransom note executed a PowerShell command which performs a multi-stage operation: retrieving a ransomware loader (cwiper.exe), ktool.exe and other PowerShell scripts.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Agents and forensic experts from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) recovered and analyzed key evidence from the Tesla attack, including Molotov cocktails allegedly used in the arson.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
2 May 2025
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Josh Butler — who started three games in Bland’s absence and played well — is also recovering from a torn ACL.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 May 2025
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In some cases, a text scammer will be able to extract enough of a response to track down the person’s social media accounts and lock them out and people are willing to pay to reclaim their accounts.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
25 Apr. 2025
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While Trump didn't explicitly endorse any specific plan to circumvent this rule, some have speculated that a scenario could unfold where Vice President JD Vance becomes president in 2028 and steps aside to allow Trump to reclaim the office.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Regain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regain. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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