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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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

Definition of recaptured

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As agents accumulate conversation history, retrieved documents, memory, system instructions, tool definitions and execution state, interactions can progressively become larger and more expensive.

— Pritam Debnath, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Ferrando and another deputy retrieved Ty from the vehicle, while Harris refused to drop the knife used in the stabbing.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of retrieved

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The investigation resulted in a 2022 FBI search of Mar-a-Lago that recovered classified records, and a federal indictment in Florida charged Trump with dozens of felony counts.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
According to a criminal complaint, knives recovered by investigators on scene did not match knives belonging to the resort.

— Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of recovered

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The team reclaimed the National League East, rebounding emphatically from a disappointing campaign, and won a postseason series for the first time in five years.

— Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 13 Oct. 2026
That means investing in people who can use these tools to clear the busywork and putting that reclaimed time into original thinking.

— Fernando Bergás-Coria, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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