retrieve
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He had furloughed people who handled such things during the partial government shutdown over immigration, and since he famously lacks patience, Hegseth sent a couple of flunkies to retrieve the historic object immediately.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
The task involved them attempting to retrieve bags of gold from inside the straw men with a pitchfork, in a bid to add thousands of pounds to the charity prize pot.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 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
I slide my notebook back into my book bag, retrieve the heavy yearbook, and go to the front of the classroom.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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I asked Arora how Deep Cogito’s approach differs from other techniques such as retrieval-augmented generation, which retrieves relevant proprietary data and business context and provides it to an AI model at inference time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 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
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
Walter hauls the trunks away from the wall and retrieves Camel.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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Giamanco retrieved a handgun from his vehicle and called emergency services.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 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
Mr. Stokely retrieved the ball and told me to shoot one more.
From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman
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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
RAG is useful for retrieving facts, but lacks the capacity for intuitive expertise, according to Arora.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 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
But now it was gone, and there was no retrieving it.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
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