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 Their razor-thin chances of retaking the House appeared to be dissolving as Republicans simply broke out their Sharpies and started doodling on maps. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026 Others yet described Democrats retaking both chambers as part of a natural cycle of backlash for the incumbent party. — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026 Hollywood woke up happy after the 2026 midterm elections delivered a blue flood, with Democrats not only retaking both chambers of Congress but also scoring a number of notable and historic wins. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2026 Matsui, who noted the early voting results across the country, said during her election night party that signs point to Democrats’ retaking the House and Senate. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026 Trump, however, has dismantled CISA since retaking the presidency, leaving states and local election officials to grapple with both physical and cyber threats on their own. — Jen Fifield, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2026 The party is strongly favored to win the House and make big gains in the Senate, with a serious chance of retaking both chambers. — Caitlin Dewey, Vox, 2 Nov. 2026 The Dolphins responded immediately by retaking the lead on their next possession. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 Since retaking the pitch in 2018-19, Belenenses has clawed its way back to relevance, winning five consecutive promotions. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for retaking
  1. recapturing
  2. retrieving
  3. reclaiming
Verb
  • New London officials are eagerly endorsing Spinnaker Real Estate Partners’ proposal as a way to draw some of the thousands of new employees being hired by nearby Electric Boat while recapturing a stretch of attractive waterfront at the marina.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
  • As opposed to infantile regression, the oceanic feeling can also be understood as a means of recapturing a repressed sense of relation, connection, affinities.
    — George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of recapturing
Verb
  • The researchers say the finding could eventually support new approaches to storing and retrieving quantum information.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Reading data from the cache is faster than retrieving it from main memory, and the agents used this timing difference to communicate.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of retrieving
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  • His position comes as Democrats prepare for the possibility of reclaiming congressional power with little agreement over how aggressively to confront the President.
    — Nik Popli, Time, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Republican says he’s aligned with ‘Alabama values’ For the GOP, the new lines are about reclaiming a district that was reliably Republican before it was altered by the federal court.
    — Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of reclaiming

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“Retaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retaking. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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