RETAKES Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

retakes

verb

present tense third-person singular of retake

as in regains

to get again in one's possession after some fierce fighting, government forces have retaken the capital

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Recent Examples of retakes Regardless of these candidates’ motivations or DSA affiliations, the Democratic Party will need to reckon with their divergent ways of representing their constituents, particularly if the party retakes one or both chambers of Congress next year. — Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 7 July 2026 Russell retakes second place in the standings, Antonelli’s third place means the gap remains large, and Verstappen leaves his team’s home track with a smile on his face and a greater chance of staying in the sport a while longer. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026 On Tuesday, Proposition 50, which allows the state Legislature to redraw California’s congressional maps until its independent commission retakes control in 2030, passed with more than 64 percent support. — Max Rego, The Hill, 9 Nov. 2025

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Oh, there’s a pipe dream out there, all about a once-great player who recaptures the old magic, but that’s hardly the appropriate mood.

— Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2026
While not a full-fledged continuation of the fantastic action show Lycoris Recoil, this series of shorts recaptures the other half of the 2022 girls-with-guns series.

— Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025

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When an agent retrieves a record for a specific task, that task context should be attached as metadata to any derived output, so a downstream agent or process inherits the same access constraint rather than starting from a clean slate.

— Gopichand Mannava, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Next, an autonomous drone retrieves the order and flies to the patient's address.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026

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