as in to retrieve
to get again in one's possession
if you don't pay off the loan, the bank will come and repossess your car
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Recent Examples of repossess
Although recovery ratios have fallen in recent years—potentially lowering the number of actual repossessions—it is projected that over three million cars could be repossessed in 2025, a level only reached in 2009 during the Great Recession.
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Car repossessions are not only soaring, but a smaller percentage of cars are even able to be repossessed.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Exeter repossessed the Pilot eight months ago.
—Tony Schick, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2025
Inter reaching two Champions League finals in the past three seasons is nothing short of miraculous — particularly given the club got repossessed by the investment firm Oaktree just over a year ago.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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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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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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Rourke was served with notice of eviction in December, with the landlords also looking to recapture $59,100 in unpaid rent for 2025.—
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Prior to that Houck earned his first career All-Star nod in 2024 but will have a long road to recovery to recapture that form upon taking the mound again in 2027.—
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With that success, Mellencamp reclaimed his birth name.—
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Such a move, Simental wrote, would capitalize on the excitement created by the hiring of coach Bob Chesney while also helping UCLA reclaim its athletic identity and compete in the Big Ten.—
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The 2026 Games are scheduled to begin in less than a month, giving Kim a short window to recover and pursue her third consecutive gold medal in the halfpipe.—
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When Pritchard lost control of the ball, dove on the floor to recover it and fed a pass to White for an open three, Andrew Nembhard canned a three of his own a minute later.—
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“Repossess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repossess. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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