Examples of retake in a Sentence
They helped their party retake the Senate.
He retook the lead close to the finish line.
We will have to retake the photograph.
Students can retake the test.
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But that move accelerated following Armenia’s crushing military defeat by Azerbaijan in 2023, when the latter launched an offensive to retake Nagorno-Karabakh, a majority ethnic Armenian breakaway enclave.
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Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
The Washington state Democrat is now the ranking member on Armed Services and a likely candidate to reclaim the chairmanship should his party retake the House.
—Nik Popli, Time, 8 June 2026
Starting in third place on Sunday is Hamilton in the Ferrari, followed by teammate and home favorite Charles Leclerc who had to settle for P4 after brushing the wall while trying to retake P1 in the final moments of Q3.
—Yara Elshebiny, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
Canton scored twice in the top of the second to tie it at 2-2, but a Bulldogs dropped pop up helped King Philip retake the lead in the inning’s bottom half, and Cady’s two-out single later in the frame gave the Warriors a 5-2 cushion.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 4 June 2026
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Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
The Washington state Democrat is now the ranking member on Armed Services and a likely candidate to reclaim the chairmanship should his party retake the House.
—Nik Popli, Time, 8 June 2026
Starting in third place on Sunday is Hamilton in the Ferrari, followed by teammate and home favorite Charles Leclerc who had to settle for P4 after brushing the wall while trying to retake P1 in the final moments of Q3.
—Yara Elshebiny, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
Canton scored twice in the top of the second to tie it at 2-2, but a Bulldogs dropped pop up helped King Philip retake the lead in the inning’s bottom half, and Cady’s two-out single later in the frame gave the Warriors a 5-2 cushion.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 4 June 2026
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“Retake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retake. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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retake
1 of 2 verb
re·take
(ˈ)rē-ˈtāk 
: to take again
especially
: to photograph again
retake
2 of 2 noun
re·take
ˈrē-ˌtāk
: a second photographing, filming, or recording to improve upon the first
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