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retrieval

[ri-tree-vuhl] / rɪˈtri vəl /
NOUN
recovery
Synonyms
STRONG
betterment comeback convalescence cure healing improvement rebirth recuperation regeneration rehabilitation rejuvenation renaissance renascence renewal repossession resurgence resurrection resuscitation revival revivification
WEAK
reawakening recoup reinvigoration
Antonyms
STRONG
destruction worsening

Example Sentences

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Marvell’s chips and accelerators should be even more valuable in a world driven by agentic AI, seeing as the technology requires continuous loops of reasoning, tool use, memory retrieval, and task coordination.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

By combining task based experiments with fMRI data, the team found no measurable difference in brain activity between successful episodic and semantic memory retrieval.

From Science Daily • Feb. 3, 2026

"All response teams remain fully engaged in search and retrieval efforts to locate the remaining missing persons," Cebu Mayor Nestor Archival said in a Facebook post on Friday.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

Once I’d healed from my retrieval, I asked Graham for a call to properly process our time together.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

Seema’s hand seemed to shrivel, and she straightened up, giving up on cookie retrieval completely.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon