REGAINED Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

regained

verb

past tense of regain

as in recaptured

to get again in one's possession our team regained the ball with just two minutes left on the clock

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Tagging studies found that recaptured juveniles were far more likely to linger and grow on the floodplain, around 72 days, than to pass straight through.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Shares also recaptured its 200-day moving average and safely moved above it — all signs of a major trend change.

— Jay Woods, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of recaptured

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Intact capsules also remained trapped within the gelatin, meaning some medications could still be identified and potentially retrieved.

— Sunny Linnebur, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
Sixteen packages, which tested positive for the presence of cocaine, were retrieved from her genital area, the outlet reported.

— Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of retrieved

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According to federal officials, the funds were recovered by the District of Connecticut Affirmative Civil Enforcement (ACE) Unit.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
Singh was not wearing a life jacket when his body was recovered, and the circumstances surrounding his death remain under investigation.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of recovered

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For decades, this address was one of the city's defining social hubs, and Annie's has reclaimed that role.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026
By resisting the siloing of art by geography and chronology, the rehang interrogated the style and substance of European modernism, as well as the ways later generations of artists reclaimed those histories.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 28 Sep. 2026

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