as in to regain
to get again in one's possession
the hockey team is hoping to reacquire the Stanley Cup this year
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Recent Examples of reacquire
It was purchased by eBay for $310 million in 2007, but was reacquired by its co-founder Eric Baker in 2020 for $4 billion through his new company Viagogo.
More than 40 million tickets were sold on StubHub’s marketplace last year from roughly one million sellers, the company said in its prospectus.
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Annie Palmer,ari Levy, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025
During his at-times misleading speech to Congress Tuesday night, Trump said–perhaps jokingly–that Rubio would be to blame if the U.S. wasn’t able to reacquire the Panama Canal.
—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025
The Wall Street Journal reported that his family is in talks to possibly reacquire the lease on the 263-room hotel.
—Andy Sullivan, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
The move came hours after the Western Conference rival Vegas Golden Knights reacquired winger Reilly Smith in a deal with the New York Rangers.
—Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
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Annie Palmer,ari Levy, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025
During his at-times misleading speech to Congress Tuesday night, Trump said–perhaps jokingly–that Rubio would be to blame if the U.S. wasn’t able to reacquire the Panama Canal.
—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025
The Wall Street Journal reported that his family is in talks to possibly reacquire the lease on the 263-room hotel.
—Andy Sullivan, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
The move came hours after the Western Conference rival Vegas Golden Knights reacquired winger Reilly Smith in a deal with the New York Rangers.
—Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reacquire
Verb
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Williams-Paisley regained her ability to speak out loud again immediately following the surgery.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Make sure the tires reconnect with the road - During the skid, wait until the tires reconnect with the road and then gently straighten the wheels to regain control.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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Trend Micro said that the de-obfuscated script in the ransom note executed a PowerShell command which performs a multi-stage operation: retrieving a ransomware loader (cwiper.exe), ktool.exe and other PowerShell scripts.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Lawyers for Khalil disputed the government’s account of the situation and said Khalil’s wife went into their apartment to retrieve his Green Card only for the agents to arrest him.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Alas, recapturing that magic on the movie screen has proved elusive.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Remember, when the market crashed in 1929, the Dow would not recapture its Roaring ’20s high until 1954.—
Ron Insana,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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Agents and forensic experts from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) recovered and analyzed key evidence from the Tesla attack, including Molotov cocktails allegedly used in the arson.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
2 May 2025
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Josh Butler — who started three games in Bland’s absence and played well — is also recovering from a torn ACL.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 May 2025
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“Reacquire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reacquire. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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