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
Car repossessions have been rising in recent years amid broader affordability concerns.
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Matt Egan, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
That’s led to a dramatic increase in repossessions.
—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 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
Matt Egan, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
That’s led to a dramatic increase in repossessions.
—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 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
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Between time with the Jaguars, Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts and last season with the Atlanta Falcons, Harrison has 274 career tackles, 8 1/2 sacks, seven interceptions, two of them returned for touchdowns and two fumble recoveries.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2026
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Brooklyn’s leaders in loose ball recoveries this month are Saraf with seven, Nic Claxton with six and Chaney Johnson with five.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Thanks to reclamations like Mary Gabriel’s book Ninth Street Women and retrospectives of their work, Lee and Elaine are better known today as artists than artists’ wives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Mar. 2026
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Chater, at the time, spearheaded one of the earliest land reclamations along Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor, which eventually became the city’s Central business district.—
Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Repossessions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repossessions. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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