REPOSSESSES Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

repossesses

verb

present tense third-person singular of repossess

as in retrieves

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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The Hero With a Tragic Backstory Below stars Josh Hartnett as Calvin Penney, a fisherman fallen on hard times who now retrieves chunks of floating Arctic ice to be used in making vodka and reluctantly AirBnBs his home to tourists.

— Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
Six months later, an internal AI assistant retrieves the ticket and tells a different team what to do.

— Mani Padisetti, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026

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The powertrain also recaptures waste energy; the ThermAssist heat management system boosts range by 7 percent and reduces the amount of energy needed to heat the car by 40 percent.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
Oh, there’s a pipe dream out there, all about a once-great player who recaptures the old magic, but that’s hardly the appropriate mood.

— Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2026

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New Avatar turns rock on its head and reclaims Black women’s space in the genre the same way her Raven album did for the dance arena in 2022.

— Kyle Denis, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2026
Pull-out trash or recycling bins can move inside a cabinet, which reclaims floor space and keeps the main work areas less crowded.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

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