repossession

as in reclamation
the act or process of getting something back an account of France's loss of the Louisiana Territory to Spain and its brief repossession of the area before selling it to the U.S. in 1803

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Noun
  • Chris Kreider, who is under contract for two more years and has a 15-team no-trade list, is more of a reclamation project after a down year in 2024-25.
    Max Bultman, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • Carter sees this moment at the Met as a culmination of those acts of reclamation.
    Michel Martin, NPR, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • Modules have solar, heat pumps, hydronic heating and cooling, energy recovery ventilation, and smart home controls to monitor energy use.
    Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • These data points inform TD Cowen’s view that Starbucks’ same-store sales recovery in North America in the coming years will not progress as fast as Wall Street currently expects.
    Paulina Likos, CNBC, 29 May 2025
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“Repossession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repossession. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.

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