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
Quavo and Saweetie would end up splitting a few months later in March 2021, which spurred speculation about Huncho possibly repossessing the car.
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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
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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The China National Space Administration, in contrast, has spent the past few years landing rovers on the far side of the moon and retrieving moon rocks for study.—
David W. Brown,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Failing to establish and maintain effective methods to identify and evaluate hazards related to retrieving, transporting, storing, and handling explosive ordnance, including grenades.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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And history suggests that returning is one thing, but recapturing the same intensity of viewership and fandom is another.—
Precious Fondren,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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More than a century later the Yaʿrubid dynasty drove the Portuguese from the Omani coast, recapturing Muscat in 1650 and then occupying Portuguese settlements in the Persian Gulf and East African coastal regions.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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For loved ones, the ceremony is not only about mourning, but about reclaiming Tianah's story from the violence that ended it.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The duo will focus on the topic of reclaiming, which also happens to be the title of Lewinsky’s new podcast.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
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Those injuries compounded a rotation that was already without Justin Steele, who is recovering from elbow surgery last season and is expected back early in the summer, and depth option Jordan Wicks, who is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Iowa on Saturday.—
Andy Martinez,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Apr. 2026
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The Invictus Games are a Paralympic-style competition for wounded and recovering service members and veterans from around the world.—
Helen Murphy,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Repossessing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repossessing. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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