retrieve
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The report claims that when DseWiki's editors started deleting pages, the AI agents shared code designed to retrieve them.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
With two outs, Dodgers baserunners were going on contact and all three crossed the plate before Cardinals first baseman Alec Burleson could retrieve the ball and throw it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The dead are traditionally cremated on funeral pyres in Hindu-majority Nepal, and the burials are viewed as long-term storage until families can retrieve them.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
"And I see this a lot in my patients, where they can only retrieve negative information from their memories."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
He stooped to retrieve a fancy carved walking stick that was propped against one of the balloon’s anchoring stakes.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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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
She hands me a plastic cup, retrieves the pill from the floor, and goes into my bathroom.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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Furious, Byfield retrieved his arm and insisted on burying it properly.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
In Nepal, rescuers have retrieved 1,341 bodies, while around 4,996 people remain missing, according to the disaster agency.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Daniel Vizcarra said a local golfer spotted the girl’s body floating down the Dominguez Channel on Tuesday and it was retrieved by deputies and firefighters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
“There you go,” he said as he retrieved a prize from the chute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
After showering and wrapping her favorite scarf around her wet hair, Ella retrieved the braid-hands Mama had packed.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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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
In a video provided to the BBC by rescue officials, workers could be seen digging through a thick layer of black volcanic ash beneath a large rock and retrieving bone fragments.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
Ella reached into her pocket, retrieving the luck root.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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