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- verb Present participle of
regain .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun getting something back again
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Examples
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The path to the promised land does not lie in regaining the wealthy.
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It's the mainstream voters who's support will be necessary to the GOP in regaining the White House ... so far they haven't taken the bait.
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They are wealthy, they can weather the financial storm, and really seem more interested in regaining positions of personal power than they do helping middle class America ... "taylordon said," Lets be real here.
dot.comments says goodbye Doug Feaver 2010
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If Bellisiles truly were interested in regaining some semblance of credibility perhaps he could correct the egregious mis-statements fromHNN?
The Volokh Conspiracy » A New Book Coming Soon from Michael Bellesiles 2010
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It would be the first step in regaining any respect we once held in the worlds eyes.
Cheney: Investigating CIA interrogations a political move 2009
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If Bellisiles truly were interested in regaining some semblance of credibility perhaps he could correct the egregious mis-statements fromHNN?
The Volokh Conspiracy » A New Book Coming Soon from Michael Bellesiles 2010
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With its unrelenting viewership loss, they may realize that hiring Erick is a very good first step in regaining credibility.
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Anyway, that is why I believe the first step in regaining public confidence in the climate data is to present the data to the public.
Open Climate Science or Denial of Service attacks? | Serendipity 2009
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Economy, Iraq and reintroducing ourselves back to the world in regaining some creditibility.
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While the Turks succeeded in regaining small amounts of lost territory in Thrace from Bulgaria as a result of the Second Balkan War in 1913, the Ottoman Army remained in serious disarray after suffering from a string of defeats in European Turkey during the first conflict.
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