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
Incensed at being outsmarted, the CEO of Weyland-Yutani (Sandra Yi Sencindive) allows one of her employees, a cyborg with very few scruples named Morrow (Babou Ceesay), to use any means necessary to reacquire the biological specimens.
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Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
It was purchased by eBay for $310 million in 2007, but was reacquired by its co-founder Eric Baker in 2020 for roughly $4 billion through his new company Viagogo.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
Harry Winston reacquired Lopez’s pink engagement ring in February 2005, and the sparkler was put on sale.
—Ariana Quihuiz, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Winslow is also reacquiring The Force from 20th and Disney.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 May 2025
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Now, the family is focused on helping her regain strength and mobility.—
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Turn into the skid - Turning into the skid can help the vehicle's tires realign to regain control.—
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Rescuers retrieved eight people alive and were searching for the missing still trapped after a huge mound of garbage and debris collapsed on them in the village of Binaliw in Cebu city, police said.—
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Bassett, Rinna and Rausch had to retrieve the cards, discuss who to murder and burn it in the breakfast room.—
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Stockton was a campaign strategist for Joe Arpaio, a former Arizona sheriff who this month lost a primary bid to recapture his old post.—
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By late January, the last four escapees were recaptured after being lured back into captivity by peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.—
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The defendants purchased at least 46 firearms between May 2024 and February 2025, most of which were the same make and model as the firearms recovered in the Dominican Republic, a press release on the charges said.—
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About $100,000 worth of handbags were recovered and returned to the victim, the police said.—
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“Reacquire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reacquire. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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