repossessed

past tense of repossess
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 The year the housing bubble burst, 860k American properties were repossessed. HubSpot, 31 July 2026 The bestselling author of The Help, Kathryn Stockett serves up a yarn set in the Mississippi Delta during the Depression, when tea was sweet, cafés were segregated, and a fourth of the state’s private property had been repossessed. Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026 Courts have also been reluctant to treat a surname as property that can be repossessed upon divorce. Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026 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 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 Horn Barbecue once had a location in Old Town Elk Grove, but it was repossessed by its landlord in January, less than a year after opening. Fresno Bee, Mercury News, 16 June 2026 As Connie explains in the documentary, her suspicions were raised after a car Parker had gifted her was repossessed because it had never actually been purchased. Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repossessed
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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
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  • 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
  • Victoria’s Secret under CEO Hillary Super has doubled down on its authority as the go-to destination for bras and bra fittings—and recaptured some aughts nostalgia—riding that strategy to four consecutive quarters of growth.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
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  • The company exclusively used battery raw materials recovered from its own high-voltage batteries.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Sheriff’s deputies later recovered a long rope and a black chain in the apartment, authorities have said.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Time with ageing parents, a partner drifting away or children growing up cannot always be reclaimed.
    Michelle De Almeida, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • If Disney writers had penned this tale, Kaepernick would have landed a contract, reclaimed a starting job and shined — cementing his legacy as an iconic NFL quarterback and activist.
    Mike Jones, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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“Repossessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repossessed. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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