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retrieve

[ri-treev] / rɪˈtriv /


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She figured an employee had left something and had gone in to retrieve it, but no one was inside.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Dima described scenes of "girls, boys, parents, grandmothers" walking down the streets of the red zone carrying suitcases and bags, returning to their flats to see what they could retrieve.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

"The key insight was to go back to the mathematics and ask whether there was a fundamentally cleaner way to retrieve spectra," said Dr. Chunhui Yao, a lead author of the study.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Japanese scientists successfully launched a spacecraft Tuesday that aims to be the first to retrieve samples from one of Mars's moons, potentially helping unlock the origins of the Solar System and life on Earth.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

He looked at the bald spot he’d made in the lawn, an ugly eyesore, and stood up to retrieve the sod patches and pat them back down.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

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

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

The trend is also alive and well on TikTok, where the popular hashtag “adult ballet” retrieves countless videos of women documenting their progress in the dance form.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2024

Isobel retrieves the violet again, placing it across the room.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

That is, it’s low if you go through the full process of having your eggs retrieved at 44, fertilized, and then an embryo implanted.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Maria Vanda Lopes was preparing to pay her respects to a tiny terracotta statue of Our Lady, which according to legend was retrieved by fishermen in 1717.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Indeed, I had blocked out most memories of that 2004 Fox reality train wreck until Carr’s documentary reached into my mind’s cobwebby attic and retrieved its cabinet of horrors.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

Asking, “When was my son’s dentist appointment?” pulled the date from a text reminder, while “What’s my passport number?” retrieved the data from Photos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

She retrieved a book from a stack by the window.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

The bots appear to have been tasked with looking up publicly available information, but resorted to extreme techniques when presented with obstacles in retrieving that data, Howard-Jones found.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

That area plays a key role in forming and retrieving what scientists call episodic memories: memories of specific events and experiences in a person's life.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

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

The danger arises when people believe that the model is retrieving truth rather than generating likelihoods.

From Salon ● May 12, 2026

“Now the ball goes in,” Amaya said, retrieving it herself and popping it into the muzzle.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older


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