Definition of "reacquisition" [reacquisition]

• A second or subsequent acquisition. (noun)

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• "As with the reacquisition of his middle name, there is meaning in that, somewhere."
• "Farther down the Main Road, at the fort, the American flag would be raised, making the reacquisition of Manhattan official."
• "With the formal reacquisition of state sovereignty, however, these countries often find themselves merely at the beginning of the journey towards the construction of genuine independence."