How to Use reacquire in a Sentence

reacquire

verb
  • Not many at the time seemed to recognize the enormity of the trade to reacquire him.
    — Jay King, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • During this pause, Tebbe reacquired and restructured Rae.
    — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 16 Dec. 2025
  • But reacquiring property along the lake would be a particular prize.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Making a trade This offseason, the Royals jumped at the chance to reacquire Strahm.
    — Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026
  • After three and a half seasons with the Twins, the Astros reacquired Correa at last year’s trade deadline.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
  • First, the Yankees would have to have interest in reacquiring a pitcher who left the team on poor terms in 2022.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026
  • Many returnees reacquired their old property after a struggle but promptly sold it to build a life elsewhere among people who were the same ethnicity as them.
    — Adis Maksić, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
  • After two seasons there, the Vikings reacquired him before Week 1 this season as insurance in their receiver room.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Needing to fill a roster spot over the weekend to satisfy NBA rules, the Celtics reacquired a familiar face.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
  • What McMahon does want, however, is for the Onondagas to pay taxes on other parcels of land that have been reacquired by the nation at county auctions.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
  • That team is now the Pelicans, while the Bobcats reacquired the original Hornets moniker in 2014.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Harry Winston reacquired Lopez’s pink engagement ring in February 2005, and the sparkler was put on sale.
    — Ariana Quihuiz, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Topps recently reacquired the exclusive Premier League trading card license after Panini had it for nearly a decade.
    — Brooks Peck, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Mission controllers should reacquire communication with the astronauts.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The New York Mets have reacquired versatile infielder Zack Short, claiming him off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • Signing Jake Guentzel and reacquiring Ryan McDonagh were excellent moves, both of which kept the team intensely competitive.
    — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The company recently reacquired the Westin Peachtree Plaza hotel, the city’s tallest hotel that was also built by Portman in the 1970s.
    — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 28 May 2026
  • Baker reacquired StubHub in 2020 for roughly $4 billion through his new company Viagogo.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The former second-round pick, who began his career with the Jets back in 2013, was reacquired in a low-risk trade from the Las Vegas Raiders on March 11.
    — Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Hybe will retain the assets from Big Machine Label Group, but Borchetta will reacquire the Big Machine Records brand and relaunch it for future ventures.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 12 Feb. 2026
  • The backup right tackle, Fred Johnson, is a pending free agent who left last season and was reacquired in August when the opportunity in Jacksonville was not better than the one in Philadelphia.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Last April, Ambush’s founders Yoon Ahn and Verbal reacquired full ownership of the company, which joined the NGG roster in 2020.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Only McCullers, Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa — reacquired at last year’s trade deadline — are holdovers from the Astros’ 2017 title team.
    — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Lionsgate reacquired the rights to the show, which also stars Malin Akerman, Chrissy Metz and Dermot Mulroney, and immediately started shopping it around.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Fans of Laemmle Theatres had reason to breathe a little easier on Friday after the company reacquired its NoHo 7 cinema, returning the venue to family ownership.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Baker reacquired StubHub in 2020 for roughly $4 billion through his new company Viagogo, which operates a ticket marketplace in Europe.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The Catalans have already paid for this before with Marc Guiu, who left for Chelsea in 2024, and the nature of such exits means there is no buyback clause for FC Barcelona to reacquire these youngsters years down the line.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • It was purchased by eBay for $310 million in 2007, but was reacquired by co-founder Eric Baker in 2020 for $4 billion through his new company Viagogo.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
  • It was purchased by eBay for $310 million in 2007, but was reacquired by its co-founder Eric Baker in 2020 for $4 billion through his new company Viagogo.
    — Annie Palmer,leslie Picker, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2025
  • It was purchased by eBay for $310 million in 2007, but was reacquired by its co-founder Eric Baker in 2020 for roughly $4 billion through his new company Viagogo.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025

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