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
However, that building was repossessed because the city didn't pay the remaining balanced owed.
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arkansasonline.com, 11 July 2025
The government quickly seized and repossessed all of their assets, most of which were purchased with investors’ money.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 8 June 2025
The prosecutors alleged that one of those victims — who lost $90,000 — suffered significant hardship, including being evicted from her apartment and having her car repossessed.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 May 2025
His company filed for bankruptcy in 2019 and had one of its helicopters repossessed late last year, just eight months into its lease.
—Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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arkansasonline.com, 11 July 2025
The government quickly seized and repossessed all of their assets, most of which were purchased with investors’ money.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 8 June 2025
The prosecutors alleged that one of those victims — who lost $90,000 — suffered significant hardship, including being evicted from her apartment and having her car repossessed.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 May 2025
His company filed for bankruptcy in 2019 and had one of its helicopters repossessed late last year, just eight months into its lease.
—Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repossess
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However, South Milwaukee Human Concerns is hoping to disperse school supplies starting Monday, Aug. 18. Similar to how items were given out during the COVID-19 pandemic, people will be allowed to enter the lobby and a worker will retrieve school supplies from the back.—
Erik S. Hanley,
jsonline.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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This initiates a continuous, adaptive cycle: retrieving data, reasoning over it, taking actions, storing partial outcomes and adjusting future steps.—
Naren Narendran,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The Rays regained the lead when Morel, who had struck out over his first six at-bats of the series (and was hitting .208 at the time), homered to lead off the seventh.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Aug. 2025
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Perhaps, in some ideal world, Sasaki will regain the velocity that could help patch over some of the Dodgers’ October bullpen woes.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
6 Aug. 2025
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Also, a romance arc was added to the legal realism, which led to the filming in Hong Kong, recapturing scenes of a previous meeting between Lee and Mun’s characters.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Clearly, this is an inconvenient circumstance for Netanyahu, and his government has gone to some lengths to try to recapture the moral high ground — and the recent release of Hamas videos showing emaciated hostages in Gaza would seem to be doing some of the heavy lifting for him.—
Peter Jensen,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Aug. 2025
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And Swift’s desire to reclaim control of her artistic legacy led her to re-record four of her early albums.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
12 Aug. 2025
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The image background was glittery orange, the same texture seen on her website with her letter reclaiming her entire catalog.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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Once the heat subsides in late summer or early fall, a final application can be made to help warm-season lawns recover from summer stresses.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
17 Aug. 2025
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They were all hospitalized and are expected to recover.—
Rebecca White,
New York Daily News,
17 Aug. 2025
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“Repossess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repossess. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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