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
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  • Text messages indicate Moore’s representative had initiated the process of retrieving his belongings in the hours after his arrest, and the school was quick to oblige.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Research from Bartholdi and Hackman found that most order-picking time goes to movement and searching—traveling alone accounts for about 55%—while only around 10% is spent actually retrieving the item.
    — Ben Hussey, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
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  • New London officials are eagerly endorsing Spinnaker Real Estate Partners’ proposal as a way to draw some of the thousands of new employees being hired by nearby Electric Boat while recapturing a stretch of attractive waterfront at the marina.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
  • As opposed to infantile regression, the oceanic feeling can also be understood as a means of recapturing a repressed sense of relation, connection, affinities.
    — George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
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  • Put differently, nature is reclaiming Shift, which has long been a ruin in the making.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • By harnessing these tools, many clinicians report saving an hour per day on documentation, reducing after-hours work and reclaiming their personal time.
    — Sameer Bhat, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
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  • Nepal is still recovering from a devastating flood that swept through the mountainous Nepal-China border region in August, leaving more than 1,400 people dead and thousands missing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Wide receiver Rashee Rice suffered a hamstring injury in Week 4, and left tackle Josh Simmons is still recovering from his preseason back injury.
    — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026

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“Repossessing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repossessing. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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