as in retrieved
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 repossessed
Lenders repossessed 3,866 homes in July, 1 percent fewer than in June—but 18 percent more than a year earlier.
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Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
While laws vary by state, the fundamental principle — that property may be repossessed for unpaid obligations — is widely accepted.
—Ronny Maye, Essence, 21 Aug. 2025
Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
While laws vary by state, the fundamental principle — that property may be repossessed for unpaid obligations — is widely accepted.
—Ronny Maye, Essence, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repossessed
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Messages shown to them by a roommate included references to a rifle that needed to be retrieved, wrapped in a towel.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Hearing this, John stood up, retrieved the guitar from its stand at the end of the room, brought it back, and handed it to me.—
Tom Piazza
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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Conveniently flawed Yes, the carbon may be recaptured if trees regrow.—
John P. O’Brien,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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The irony is that, after a tough couple of decades, the package holiday sector had recaptured the imagination of investors once more.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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The fact that the FBI recovered the firearm will accelerate the investigation, Chittum said, since it can be traced and tested for fingerprints and DNA evidence.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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The gun and cartridges recovered are to be flown to the FBI’s main laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, for the most technologically advanced forensic analysis, law enforcement sources told ABC News.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Though the phrase has been co-opted by politicians like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a pro-regime former president, to ridicule and disparage protesters, it has since been reclaimed.—
Fatemeh Jamalpour,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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The floors will be reclaimed plastic and concrete, and the equipment in the hospital will be sparse, as there are no monitors available, Hawash-Kuemmerle said.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Repossessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repossessed. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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