retaking

verb

present participle of retake
as in recapturing
to get again in one's possession after some fierce fighting, government forces have retaken the capital

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Recent Examples of retaking Democrats are given better odds of retaking the House, where Republicans hold a narrow six-vote edge in the 435-seat chamber. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026 Trump is returning to California for the second time since retaking office. — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2026 Trump restricted things more during his first term, and then again upon retaking the White House in 2025. — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 29 July 2026 The conflict ended in June with an Argentine surrender and the British retaking control of the island. — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Nowhere are the lines dividing Democrats more clearly drawn than in Michigan, a state that the party must win to have any real chance of retaking the Senate majority in November. — Russell Berman, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026 Stewart interviewed Ben Wikler about his book documenting the success Wisconsin Dems have had retaking their state from gerrymandering and court-stuffing. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 July 2026 At this stage in the 2026 cycle, Kalshi gives Democrats an 82% chance of retaking the House, while Republicans have a 60% chance of keeping control of the Senate. — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 4 July 2026 He was commissioned a militia colonel as the British mobilized off the Georgia coast intent on retaking Savannah. — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 30 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for retaking
  1. recapturing
  2. retrieving
  3. reclaiming
Verb
  • The first step in recapturing that kind of production is returning to the field.
    — Tim Graham, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Because buyers assume the risk of the IRS disallowing or recapturing the credit, corporate buyers demand strict indemnity.
    — Dr. Dick Bridy, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of recapturing
Verb
  • The person opened the driver’s door and then the trunk before reaching inside, prompting the driver recording the scene to leave out of concern that the shooter might be retrieving additional weapons.
    — Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Instrumental convergence is the observation that very different terminal goals tend to call for the same instrumental ones, whether the goal is making paperclips, curing a disease, or retrieving a flag in a security exercise.
    — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of retrieving
Verb
  • Around 70,000 people used the city’s designated Seine swimming areas in July, according to Paris City Hall, compared with nearly 100,000 during the entire summer last year, suggesting growing public interest in reclaiming the river for recreation.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Throughout her practice, Carlota Guerrero has persistently challenged the visual conventions through which women's bodies have been represented, reclaiming sensuality, vulnerability, and intimacy through an unmistakably female gaze.
    — Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of reclaiming

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“Retaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retaking. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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