retrieve
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While traditional tools simply store or retrieve information, conversational AI can make users feel emotionally validated and socially supported.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
After a round in September and February, the couple managed to retrieve six embryos and hope to take part in the same programme.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
Determined to retrieve it, the hunter followed that trail through dense vegetation until he eventually found the elephant dead.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
Only 18 were flagged because the agent “did not have a sufficient factual basis to believe that the queries were reasonably likely to retrieve foreign intelligence information.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
“Unfortunately, in order to retrieve our agent, you will be entering mid-inferno,” Callaway said, still looking at the papers in his hand.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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