retrieval
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It also confirmed that "advanced critical care" was delivered by the emergency medical retrieval and transfer service, which arrived by helicopter, before the patient was driven to hospital.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Freezing your eggs is an expensive procedure that costs somewhere in the region of $20,000 per retrieval.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Delay in information retrieval, such as the name of an acquaintance, a movie, or a famous person, becomes more common as one gets older and does not necessarily signal an underlying memory problem.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Blandin’s read is that “there’s some aspect of a task that requires some information retrieval — and AI is really good at info retrieval.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
“No, I'm sorry. There’s no way I can get you to Four. But I’ve given special orders for her retrieval if possible. It’s the best I can do, Finnick.”
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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From what I know about egg retrievals, it seems entirely plausible that this will be the case for you.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
Giordano spent his son’s college graduation glued to his phone, coordinating the first wave of retrievals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
"To determine the abundances of molecules in Wolf 1130C, I used a modeling technique known as atmospheric retrievals," said Gonzales.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2025
She made a decision: Two years or two egg retrievals, whichever came first.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2025
The couple documented their journey on “The Kardashians,” filming egg retrievals and a no sex-alcohol-caffeine-sugar Panchakarma cleanse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2023
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