repossessing

present participle of repossess
as in retrieving
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 repossessing His 2023 relief proposal relies on credits issued on Jackson County residents’ next three years of tax bills, which would rely on repossessing tax revenue that had already been dispersed to agencies and school districts. Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026 Quavo and Saweetie would end up splitting a few months later in March 2021, which spurred speculation about Huncho possibly repossessing the car. Michael Saponara, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2025 While these cars may be all consumers can afford, banks aren’t interested in repossessing them because the vehicle’s value is less than its repossession and sale. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025 Penn complained, arguing the law prohibits repossessing a car with someone inside, and demanded $150,000 in compensation. Tony Schick, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repossessing
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  • Video shows an officer retrieving the laptop and placing it in the back of a truck.
    Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
  • Cloudflare reports that more than half of AI crawler traffic involves retrieving pages that have not changed.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
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  • In order to compete, moving forward now requires absorbing and building other businesses entirely, recapturing layers that retail previously handed off.
    Brian Delp, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • This is not a franchise that seems capable of really recapturing the magic of the circumstances that birthed it; some good things are best left untouched and alone.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 26 June 2026
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  • Topline Apple became the world’s largest company on Friday, briefly reclaiming the spot from Nvidia following a slide in shares for the AI bellwether and as the iPhone maker accelerates its plans for the growing technology.
    Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Trade timing & outlook RDDT recently broke above the $200 level after basing over the last three months, and momentum has turned positive again with the stock reclaiming its longer-term moving average.
    Tony Zhang, CNBC, 15 July 2026
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  • The homeowner also thought to call the American Meteor Society very quickly after recovering the rocks, making these samples unusually pristine.
    Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 15 July 2026
  • Cason underwent surgery and is expected to miss a significant portion of the 2026-27 campaign while recovering.
    Tobias Bass, New York Times, 14 July 2026

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“Repossessing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repossessing. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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