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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regained
  1. recaptured
  2. retrieved
  3. recovered
  4. reclaimed
Verb
  • Should Flaco have been recaptured and returned to his tiny environment within the Central Park Zoo?
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Aug. 2026
  • None of Argentina’s players had been born when the country’s military dictatorship invaded the Malvinas in 1982, holding the islands for 73 days before British forces recaptured them in a war that killed 649 Argentine and 255 British troops.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
Definition of recaptured
Verb
  • His drive to right field went over the Tigers bullpen and was retrieved by a fan on the lawn.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The raw footage sat in a Kansas salt mine for decades, until it was retrieved by Lurhmann’s team.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of retrieved
Verb
  • However, by Monday morning officials said many more people were aboard than listed, and that the number of people still missing was unclear after 229 people were rescued and five bodies recovered.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Roman Reigns hit a third spear and the referee recovered in time to count to three.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of recovered
Verb
  • The Rangers reclaimed the lead after scoring off a Rays error in the fourth and then Wyatt Langford hit a double, allowing Alejandro Osuna to score.
    — Cal Phillips July 30, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026
  • Canada reclaimed the top spot by volume at 16% of purchases, while China — last year’s dollar-volume leader — slipped to third in purchase count.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 July 2026
Definition of reclaimed
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