retrieve
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An agentic Siri will need to go beyond chatbot capabilities to retrieve personalized context on devices and execute multistep workflows.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
He immediately called the tech company’s support staff, who said Canopy could retrieve its files.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
They use mashed-together databases to sense patterns and retrieve verbiage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Apart from his disastrous testimony, Blake could not produce the three Vitello’s employees who, he claimed, saw him return to the restaurant to retrieve his gun while someone else shot his wife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
They did not retrieve the boat and row across the river.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
Apple needs to “evolve Siri into an agent that understands intent, retrieves context, calls apps and completes workflows,” Bank of America analyst Wamsi Mohan wrote in a note last week.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026
OpenAI, meanwhile, says it has shipped an update for Plus and Pro users that improves how memory finds and retrieves details.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
Researchers have developed a new holographic data storage method that records and retrieves information in three dimensions by combining three key properties of light -- amplitude, phase and polarization.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 29, 2026
It is also a gesture of trust; the person holding the mic treats the responsibility as sacred and does not move until Cave retrieves the microphone a few bars later.
From Salon ● May 13, 2025
She pours some coffee from a full carafe, but instead of offering me some, she reaches right through my navel and retrieves the milk from somewhere behind me in the refrigerator.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
Of the 10 percent who retrieved their frozen eggs, 34 percent became pregnant, and 29 percent had a live birth.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Detectives retrieved his license plate data and entered an alert in Flock's system.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
On average, around 13% of stolen vehicles are retrieved, according to the car seller Cinch.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Police say the following was retrieved from the home, totaling about $2.1 million:
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
I retrieved it and flipped it back to him.
From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman
Some ship owners may be reluctant to let their vessels return to such a volatile region after finally retrieving them, experts say.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
During the initial searches, the French government had been responsible for investigating the crash and Brazilian forces took charge of retrieving the bodies.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
The danger arises when people believe that the model is retrieving truth rather than generating likelihoods.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
These cells are critical for storing and retrieving memories.
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2026
The other end of the spear had a nylon cord attached to it for retrieving.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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