retake
verb (used with object)
to take again; take back.
has retaken
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present perfectof retake (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In neighbouring Kayah, where a coalition of resistance groups has controlled most of the state for two years, the military has retaken the town of Demoso, and the town of Mobye, just inside Shan State.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025
Michigan has retaken its rightful place atop the Big Ten—there’s a book I can recommend about this—while Ohio State fans mutiny against their coach and quarterback.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2023
On the eastern axis, the combat was centered on Staromaiorske, the southernmost in a string of villages that Ukraine has retaken since early June.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
Although Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government has retaken Aleppo from armed opposition groups, Sheikh Maksoud is among some neighborhoods under the control of Kurdish forces.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 22, 2023
“Yes,” said Wilton; “I’ve seen enough to prove that Nature has retaken possession here, and that an hour with a gun will give us all we want to-morrow in the way of game.”
From The Peril Finders by Piffard, Harold
