retrieve
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They use mashed-together databases to sense patterns and retrieve verbiage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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
"We had no choice but to surrender" to our fate, he told reporters at the Bhayangkara Hospital in Surabaya, where he was waiting to retrieve the body of a colleague.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 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
She was to retrieve and protect sensitive documents per standard protocol.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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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
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
Corby retrieves the bag and starts the car.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2025
He watches as he crosses into the foyer, retrieves his grey top hat and silver cane from the butler, and leaves by the front door.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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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
Shortly after, while visiting Hank and Marjorie, she retrieved their mail, including the purported water-company letter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
The charity said the 13 birds had been collected and taken away to be cleaned but several other "partially oiled" birds were spotted and proved unable to be retrieved.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
AFP joined conservationists, rangers and locals this month as they retrieved and replaced cameras and microphones in the forest.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
She called the Osage chief, and Anna’s skull was retrieved and, at a quiet ceremony, interred with her other remains.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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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
These cells are critical for storing and retrieving memories.
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2026
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said retrieving Iran’s uranium stockpile is a U.S. priority, but February negotiations failed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
A shadowed figure reaches for a paper on the porch but then stops and straightens without retrieving it.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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