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
Wilting leaves will often regain their appearance when temperatures cool and shade sets in in the evening.
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Steve Bender, Southern Living, 8 May 2026
Turn into the skid - Turning into the skid can help the vehicle's tires realign to regain control.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 May 2026
Reader stayed in the hospital until August and went to rehab until December to regain her strength and get used to her new circumstances.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
After Perez led off the eighth with a double to left, Thomas, pinch hitting for Caglianone, hit a soft single into center off Jose Ferrer (0-1) to regain the lead.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
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Steve Bender, Southern Living, 8 May 2026
Turn into the skid - Turning into the skid can help the vehicle's tires realign to regain control.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 May 2026
Reader stayed in the hospital until August and went to rehab until December to regain her strength and get used to her new circumstances.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
After Perez led off the eighth with a double to left, Thomas, pinch hitting for Caglianone, hit a soft single into center off Jose Ferrer (0-1) to regain the lead.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regain
Verb
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Romanticize the Dive, Metric’s tenth album, looks backwards in an attempt to recapture those old glories.—
Ethan Beck,
Pitchfork,
4 May 2026
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Khartoum has largely been spared attacks by the RSF since it was recaptured by the Sudanese Armed Forces last year, but the capital has recently seen sporadic strikes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 May 2026
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Evgenia retrieved the key and opened it.—
James Verini,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
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During his statewide travels over the last two weeks, Warner said he was told of some instances where people returned to their vehicle to retrieve a photo ID after entering a polling place.—
John Raby,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Cloud and Stevens are expected to become available this month — and potentially on this trip — but Carrington is still recovering from a significant injury suffered during last season’s playoffs.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2026
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Stewart missed the first six weeks of the season while recovering from an offseason shoulder procedure.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026
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There’s a parade of VHS covers, marketing materials, merchandising tie-ins, declining box office reports, and inevitably, a flurry of blogs both detailing the series’ homophobia and transphobia, and attempting to reclaim it.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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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
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“Regain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regain. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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