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retrieve

[ri-treev] / rɪˈtriv /


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What we need to retrieve is the three great ideals, the basic tenets of human beings, like great politics, great family and religion or spirituality.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

"After we managed to retrieve them and bury them, perhaps we can be partially relieved despite the pain of loss and all we're still living through."

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

During testing, the models are given fictional scenarios and told that a piece of information has been hidden on a different machine, and its objective is to break in and retrieve it.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

Later, police let them return to their house for half an hour to retrieve their medicine.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

“But we need something big. Something that will guarantee that the hazmats will plan a mission to retrieve us and bring us back to Earth,” I say.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

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 have developed a new holographic data storage method that records and retrieves information in three dimensions by combining three key properties of light -- amplitude, phase and polarization.

From Science Daily Mar. 29, 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

He retrieves a foil-wrapped burger from the grease-spotted bag.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

Of the 10 percent who retrieved their frozen eggs, 34 percent became pregnant, and 29 percent had a live birth.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

On a recent day, Maurice LaFountain, Deep Fission’s senior engineering director, showed off pink-flecked granite retrieved from the company’s first test hole and joked that the billion-year-old rock would make a nice countertop.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Only some of the embezzled goods which formed part of the final charges admitted by the ex-SNP chief executive have been retrieved.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

Police say the following was retrieved from the home, totaling about $2.1 million:

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2026

Jason ruffled through his satchel and retrieved a small cookie box; the wiggling animal crackers were fighting to get out.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

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 efforts are fueling anxieties across the banking and asset-management industries, where legions of professionals spend much of their days retrieving and synthesizing information.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

During the initial searches, the French government had been responsible for investigating the crash and Brazilian forces took charge of retrieving the bodies.

From BBC May 21, 2026

The danger arises when people believe that the model is retrieving truth rather than generating likelihoods.

From Salon May 12, 2026

The other end of the spear had a nylon cord attached to it for retrieving.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya




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