REGAINED Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

regained

verb

past tense of regain

as in recaptured

to get again in one's possession our team regained the ball with just two minutes left on the clock

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Should Flaco have been recaptured and returned to his tiny environment within the Central Park Zoo?

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Aug. 2026
None of Argentina’s players had been born when the country’s military dictatorship invaded the Malvinas in 1982, holding the islands for 73 days before British forces recaptured them in a war that killed 649 Argentine and 255 British troops.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026

Definition of recaptured

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In May 2019, San Jose police retrieved the suspects’ phones from the arresting agencies and found photos taken inside a San Jose hotel two days before Tran’s killing.

— Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
The gunman then retrieved a rifle from his Honda Civic as an off-duty Idaho State Police trooper inside the restaurant helped evacuate employees and customers while searching for the shooter.

— Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of retrieved

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The researchers recovered usable DNA from 95 historical specimens spanning nearly 140 years and compared them with modern samples collected in the 2000s, and the results painted a sobering picture.

— Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
On Sunday, the boat was recovered by authorities from New York Harbor.

— Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of recovered

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The Chinese government also reclaimed land from other industries and businesses and dedicated it to agriculture.

— Caitlin Welsh, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2026
Your work has long reclaimed the female body from the conventions of the male gaze, presenting sensuality as something self-authored rather than performed for an external viewer.

— Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2026

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