retrieve
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The experiments suggested that overlapping memory representations allowed the brain to retrieve information about previous threats more rapidly.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
The work includes excavation to retrieve a soil sample and debris removal, as well as installing sandbags to mitigate further damage from strong waves and coastal erosion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
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
"Our mission is not to wipe out the gangs in Haiti" but to retrieve the four Salvadoran technicians, Bukele told journalists at a press conference late on Thursday, as he sought to address the concerns.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
I drop the comic, then bend quickly to retrieve it.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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The agent yells at the unidentified bystander and leaves him on the sidewalk while another agent retrieves the can from the street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
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 found that astrocytes in this area play a direct role in how the brain learns what to fear, retrieves those memories, and importantly, learns when those fears are no longer relevant.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2026
Isobel retrieves the violet again, placing it across the room.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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The Lotus of Innes Ireland is retrieved from bushes after going off the circuit in 1961 at Watkins Glen.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
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
Lloyd retrieved them and placed them with the binoculars in his bedchamber.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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It was tasked with retrieving information from software operated by a fictional company inside the testing environment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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
Redeem me like a pawn ticket worth little on the marketplace, but priceless in retrieving real value?
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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