REATTAINED Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

reattained

verb

past tense of reattain

as in took over

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Che cited an Associated Press report that Paxton, the Texas attorney general since 2015, took over 275 out-of-state trips while in office.

— William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026
Strada took over the Department of Correction in January 2023 after serving as deputy director of the Arizona Department of Corrections Rehabilitation & Reentry.

— Ed White, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of took over

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Built in 1784, the home was originally occupied by a prominent Salem merchant dealing in rum and Sumatran pepper.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Oct. 2026
The Russian Defense Ministry said Friday that its air defenses overnight downed 646 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions, occupied Crimea, the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.

— HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

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About 5,000 new homes have been built in the area since it was annexed by the city in 2004.

— Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026
The parliamentary election was the first since Putin launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and the first to include residents of four regions of that country that were seized and illegally annexed by Moscow later that year.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of annexed

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky put the gains made by Vivaldi even higher, saying 176 square kilometers (68 square miles) had been recaptured and 5,000 Russian troops either wounded or killed since the operation started.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
Macías Villamar was recaptured last year and sent to the United States, where he has been charged with importing thousands of pounds of cocaine.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

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