retrieval
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“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
The cost of the storage, retrieval and manipulation of data began to collapse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
The researchers plan to continue investigating how caffeine influences memory consolidation and memory retrieval.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 2026
Butler was seeing the world as it was, complete with LEP retrieval team sweeping the avenue.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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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
The couple decided they would both undergo egg retrievals, figuring they had a better chance of retrieving more eggs while they were still in their 30s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
"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 and her partner struggled to conceive and ended up going through a couple of rounds of egg retrievals in the in-vitro fertilization process.
From Salon ● May 10, 2025
The couple documented their fertility struggles on “The Kardashians,” filming egg retrievals and a no sex-alcohol-caffeine-sugar Panchakarma cleanse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2023
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