as in recoveries
the act or process of getting something back
an account of France's loss of the Louisiana Territory to Spain and its brief repossession of the area before selling it to the U.S. in 1803
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Recent Examples of repossessions
That’s led to a dramatic increase in repossessions.
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Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 6 Dec. 2025
With the average monthly car payment racing past $750, auto loan delinquencies, defaults and repossessions have also increased in recent months.
—Danni Santana, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
As the article noted, auto repossessions this year are the highest since 2009.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
Although the financial stress on subprime car borrowers has stabilized in 2025 after large increases in late payments and repossessions over the past two years, economists fear what might happen if the labor market grows considerably weaker and layoffs become more common.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Although recovery ratios have fallen in recent years—potentially lowering the number of actual repossessions—it is projected that over three million cars could be repossessed in 2025, a level only reached in 2009 during the Great Recession.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Car repossessions are not only soaring, but a smaller percentage of cars are even able to be repossessed.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
The growing costs to buy and maintain a car –exacerbated by inflation and tariffs –are leading to rising auto loan defaults and repossessions and a potential crisis for American consumers left unprotected by the federal government, according to a new report by a consumer advocacy organization.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 6 Dec. 2025
With the average monthly car payment racing past $750, auto loan delinquencies, defaults and repossessions have also increased in recent months.
—Danni Santana, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
As the article noted, auto repossessions this year are the highest since 2009.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
Although the financial stress on subprime car borrowers has stabilized in 2025 after large increases in late payments and repossessions over the past two years, economists fear what might happen if the labor market grows considerably weaker and layoffs become more common.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Although recovery ratios have fallen in recent years—potentially lowering the number of actual repossessions—it is projected that over three million cars could be repossessed in 2025, a level only reached in 2009 during the Great Recession.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Car repossessions are not only soaring, but a smaller percentage of cars are even able to be repossessed.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
The growing costs to buy and maintain a car –exacerbated by inflation and tariffs –are leading to rising auto loan defaults and repossessions and a potential crisis for American consumers left unprotected by the federal government, according to a new report by a consumer advocacy organization.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repossessions
Noun
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Only Ben Sheaf managed more than his six recoveries, too.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Hoosiers capitalized on three Ducks turnovers, first a D’Angelo Ponds interception returned for a touchdown on the first play of the game and then two fumble recoveries that gave Indiana the ball deep in Oregon territory and led to two more touchdowns.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The recent reclamations of Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, Daniel Jones and Mac Jones give him something to strive for, anyway.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
2 Jan. 2026
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Advertisement Writing in the aftermath of these feminist reclamations, Gregory Maguire opened his 1995 novel Wicked with the Witch airborne.—
Time,
Time,
21 Nov. 2025
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“Repossessions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repossessions. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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