Usage examples (7)

• He wetted his hair down with water every morning, but after the second witness it would reattain its loft.
• The result is a lagged effect on state finances, with tax revenues usually taking as long as five years to reattain prior peaks, according to Mr. Boyd.
• The difference, of course, is that he is not currently in power, merely trying to reattain it, which gives his lies an additional layer of deep insecurity.
• And growth will not reattain its 2006 rate before 2015.