reattaining

verb

Definition of reattainingnext
present participle of reattain
as in taking over

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  1. occupying
  2. annexing
  3. accumulating
Verb
  • Pressure on prices Falling gas prices in the US should have been a wind at Harris’ back because voters, fairly or not, tend to associate the price at the pump with the party occupying the White House.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
  • And then, occupying a more approachable swath of the shred spectrum, Siebert is an ultra-suave Wasatch wiggler and skintrack slayer, whose Backyard Boogie flicks celebrate the joys of riding powder with friends.
    Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 26 Sep. 2024
Definition of occupying
Verb
  • For decades, the Israeli state has openly pursued the goal of forcing Palestinians from their land, and annexing that land as Israel, through the oppression, dispossession, and mass killing of Palestinians.
    Stefanie Fox, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
  • In the wake of that war, Israel also showed a proclivity for expansionism, annexing East Jerusalem and eventually the Golan Heights, and allowing the settlement movement to spread throughout all occupied lands.
    Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2024
Definition of annexing
Verb
  • Hepatic encephalopathy is confusion and behavioral changes caused by toxins accumulating in the brain.
    Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 17 Oct. 2024
  • In turn, more people are having to rely on credit cards to cover their daily expenses, leading to a cycle of accumulating debt.
    Bill Hardekopf, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of accumulating
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