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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  • Engineers must decouple search-data integration from my formatting engine so that retrieving web information does not automatically trigger a mandatory text truncation.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
  • GenAI is now retrieving from your worst-quality data, not your best.
    Gopichand Mannava, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026
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  • 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
  • Davidson continued, pointing to his longevity and recapturing the magic he’s built alongside legends and sharing it with a new generation of viewers.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 1 Sep. 2026
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  • After a contentious primary last month, Michigan Democrats are trying to unify in an effort to hold a Senate seat crucial to reclaiming the majority.
    Sam Gringlas, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
  • These tools and expert tips are your best weapon for reclaiming a smooth, even toned and luminous complexion.
    Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 1 Sep. 2026
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  • In April, Dori Yona, the CEO of a company called SimpleClosure, which helps startups shut down and sell their assets, told Forbes the service had processed nearly 100 deals in the preceding year, recovering more than $1 million.
    Wen Shao, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Green Bay fell to 0-6 without All-Pro pass rusher Micah Parsons, who is still recovering from ACL surgery.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

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“Repossessing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repossessing. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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