REPOSSESS Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

repossess

verb

ˌrē-pə-ˈzes

Definition of repossess

as in to retrieve

to get again in one's possession if you don't pay off the loan, the bank will come and repossess your car

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Recent Examples of repossess For example, if a vehicle is repossessed after death and sold for less than the amount owed, the lender may seek the deficiency balance from the estate. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 23 June 2026 Free college is a claim on knowledge no one can repossess. — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 If a lender in Maryland needs a car repossessed in Seattle and doesn’t know any agents there, a forwarder with a national repo database may manage the job, from assignment to resolution. — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 The family only lived in the home for three years before it was repossessed and they were forced to move, staying in a handful of homes around the area until settling in a more permanent home in Memphis in 1948. — Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for repossess

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However, as more cores were retrieved from around the globe, and with advances in genetics, the temperature hypothesis didn’t hold up.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 11 Sep. 2026
Doing this will retrieve sources with the additional keyword in the text and omit any that did not contain that keyword.

— Kristen Finch, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of retrieve

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The trustees sued to regain control; the case went all the way to the Supreme Court.

— Jacob Weisberg, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
The efforts of the anti-gang force, Ramdin said, are essential to regain territories, help the government reestablish public services and keep them from gang control.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of regain

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Simulator evaluations of missile operators, maintenance activities conducted under pressure, and a complex scenario requiring security forces to recapture a launch facility.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026
The Dodgers hope that by playing him semi-regularly and mixing in consistent rest, Ohtani can recapture his feel at the plate while staying healthy enough to be a force come October.

— Katie Woo, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of recapture

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If that’s the case, McNeill could finally be ready to reclaim his status as one of the league’s best young defensive tackles.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Kansas has a decades-long history of not electing consecutive governors of the same party, suggesting that Masterson is well-positioned to reclaim the governor’s mansion from Democrat Laura Kelly.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of reclaim

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Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said Monday in a post on X that the Polish army recovered what was believed to be a Russian military drone from the Baltic Sea near the coastal village of Jaroslawiec.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
As of Monday, the island was still recovering, with electricity restored to about 82% of customers, according to Kaua'i County officials.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of recover

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