repossesses

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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Verb
  • Amazon retrieves and refurbishes the equipment after deployment so it can be used again.
    Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Ann Wang | Reuters Amon shared an example of an agent that instantly retrieves details of banking transactions, eliminating the need for a user to navigate through the app and manually locate the information.
    Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 16 June 2026
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  • 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
  • While not a full-fledged continuation of the fantastic action show Lycoris Recoil, this series of shorts recaptures the other half of the 2022 girls-with-guns series.
    Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
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  • England's starting 11 will be missing two key players as Declan Rice starts on the bench and Reece James recovers from injury.
    NBC News, NBC news, 28 June 2026
  • Foster still finds resonance in moment at the end of the film, after Kyle recovers her daughter, who seemingly has no awareness of the harrowing journey that her mother has just endured to find her.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 26 June 2026
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  • With unprecedented access and bold voices leading a new movement, Death Boom reclaims the end of life with humanity, sustainability and just the right dose of dark humor.
    Stacy Lambe, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
  • This story reclaims that for him.
    David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026
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“Repossesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repossesses. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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