as in to recapture
to get again in one's possession
after some fierce fighting, government forces have retaken the capital
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Recent Examples of retake
The Democrats remain an outside bet to win a majority in the Senate next year, but have a much stronger chance of retaking the House.
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Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Ernst’s decision to forgo a third term leaves an open seat that could become hotly contested as Democrats try to retake the majority in the upper chamber.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 2 Sep. 2025
If a player scores a penalty kick but accidentally touches the ball twice, they will be allowed to retake it.
—Cerys Jones, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
To successfully retake the area and maintain control, police would need to evacuate the orphanage, whose plans to relocate the children after the abduction had been blocked by threats from the gang.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
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Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Ernst’s decision to forgo a third term leaves an open seat that could become hotly contested as Democrats try to retake the majority in the upper chamber.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 2 Sep. 2025
If a player scores a penalty kick but accidentally touches the ball twice, they will be allowed to retake it.
—Cerys Jones, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
To successfully retake the area and maintain control, police would need to evacuate the orphanage, whose plans to relocate the children after the abduction had been blocked by threats from the gang.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retake
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Conveniently flawed Yes, the carbon may be recaptured if trees regrow.—
John P. O’Brien,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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The irony is that, after a tough couple of decades, the package holiday sector had recaptured the imagination of investors once more.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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When the game is at its most intense, these timeouts can be used as moments to catch a breath and regain focus.—
Jay Feldstein,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Turn into the skid - Turning into the skid can help the vehicle's tires realign to regain control.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Sep. 2025
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The rocks Perseverance has spent years collecting are of high interest to NASA and the European Space Agency, which hopes to one day soon retrieve the samples and bring them back to Earth before humans themselves venture to the Red Planet.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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With the importance of clicks, impressions, bounce rates and other familiar metrics slipping, focus should instead shift to those that give insights into how machines retrieve data, evaluate it, and take action.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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According to the World Meteorological Organization, the ozone layer is on track to recover to 1980 levels by 2040 globally, by 2045 in the Arctic, and by 2066 over Antarctica.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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This ability to recover instantly gives the MAV a major advantage.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Sep. 2025
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As Platt reminds us, moving toward a healthier relationship with ownership means reclaiming our power by being intentional.—
Essence,
Essence,
12 Sep. 2025
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The children of this era would go on to lead the next affective era in the form of the 1960s—which in many ways were a fight against this boredom, a call to reclaim the excitement of communalism, of revolution, of queerness and chaos.—
P.E. Moskowitz
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Retake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retake. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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