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
Military analysts say retaking the ‘monster on the mountain’ is largely symbolic, offering scant defense against Hezbollah’s drones.
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
Trump has taken a hands-off approach to regulating AI since retaking office, but members of his administration got spooked and began recommending safety testing after Anthropic flagged cybersecurity risks with its latest model, Mythos.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026
The fact that only people over 40 showed improvement could be due to retaking the test multiple times.
—Sanja Jelic, Verywell Health, 22 May 2026
These include Cobb Vanth, a marshal of a small settlement, and Bo-Katan, a Mandalorian leader who dreams of wielding the Darksaber and retaking their home planet of Mandalore.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026
So, if Israeli forces pull back, there would have to be another solution to preventing Hamas from retaking it.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 19 May 2026
At the 2026 competition in late March, along with retaking the Northwest Division title for non-traditional pizzas, Gilbert also placed 5th worldwide in Detroit-style pizza, the thick-crust pan style Melt specializes in.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2026
Since retaking office at the start of last year, Trump has essentially closed the border to new arrivals and tamped down on other forms of legal immigration, while embarking on a mass deportation campaign to remove millions of immigrants already living in the country illegally.
—Sam González Kelly, Houston Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2026
Some of this is inevitable — the original cadre of settlers who remember fleeing to the island with the hope of retaking the mainland has all but died off.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
Trump has taken a hands-off approach to regulating AI since retaking office, but members of his administration got spooked and began recommending safety testing after Anthropic flagged cybersecurity risks with its latest model, Mythos.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026
The fact that only people over 40 showed improvement could be due to retaking the test multiple times.
—Sanja Jelic, Verywell Health, 22 May 2026
These include Cobb Vanth, a marshal of a small settlement, and Bo-Katan, a Mandalorian leader who dreams of wielding the Darksaber and retaking their home planet of Mandalore.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026
So, if Israeli forces pull back, there would have to be another solution to preventing Hamas from retaking it.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 19 May 2026
At the 2026 competition in late March, along with retaking the Northwest Division title for non-traditional pizzas, Gilbert also placed 5th worldwide in Detroit-style pizza, the thick-crust pan style Melt specializes in.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2026
Since retaking office at the start of last year, Trump has essentially closed the border to new arrivals and tamped down on other forms of legal immigration, while embarking on a mass deportation campaign to remove millions of immigrants already living in the country illegally.
—Sam González Kelly, Houston Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2026
Some of this is inevitable — the original cadre of settlers who remember fleeing to the island with the hope of retaking the mainland has all but died off.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for retaking
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Stocks had been on a tear before the past few sessions, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hitting fresh record highs last week, and the Dow briefly recapturing the 50,000 level.—
Liz Napolitano,Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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Despite everything the Pacers’ core has shown in its last two playoff appearances, Pritchard could be wrong about the likelihood of recapturing that postseason magic anytime soon.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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The cosmonauts ran into some difficulty retrieving the cassette, including losing a pair of pliers and commands sent from the ground failing to move the experiment's interior mechanisms.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
27 May 2026
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According to the GoFundMe, he was shot twice while retrieving carts from the parking lot.—
Caroline Zimmerman
May 26,
Kansas City Star,
26 May 2026
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Though the single mom spends much of the show trying to protect her two sons, Bean says she was most moved by the moments when the character begins reclaiming pieces of herself.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
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For the first time in more than a century, salmon pushed upstream past where three hydropower dams once stood, reclaiming a stretch of water that had been cut off for more than a century.—
Radina Gigova,
CNN Money,
27 May 2026
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“Retaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retaking. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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