reattain

verb

Definition of reattainnext
as in to regain

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  1. regain
  2. recapture
  3. occupy
  4. reacquire
Verb
  • School lobbyist Hugo Arza said the city is regaining access to the recreational center’s courts, the existing courts and the library.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Johns briefly regains the No. 1 ranking after this event, but by mid-summer Staksrud is firmly entrenched atop the standings.
    Todd Boss, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of regain
Verb
  • Moore plays Elisabeth Sparkle in the body horror film, a celebrity who is fired from her job because of her age and goes to extreme lengths to recapture her youth.
    Nicolas Vega, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2025
  • If the most important metric is providing Ukraine with the means to recapture all of its sovereign territory, Biden’s policy was a partial failure.
    Michael Poznansky, Foreign Affairs, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of recapture
Verb
  • Today, grizzly bears occupy only 4% of their former range, which included much of the Rocky Mountain Region, extended up into western and central Canada and northern Mexico, according to environmental nonprofit WildEarth Guardians.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
  • During the week of its premiere the bottom spot on Nielsen’s streaming originals list was occupied by The Great British Baking Show, which was viewed for 382 million minutes meaning that Skeleton Crew came to less than that.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of occupy
Verb
  • When the soup chain was emerging out of bankruptcy in 2023, the brothers tried to reacquire it but were outbid by a private equity company.
    Gary Stern, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Last July, Brown and owner Jim Crane prioritized parades over prospects by parting with Ryan Clifford and Drew Gilbert to reacquire Justin Verlander.
    Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
Definition of reacquire
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