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retrieve

[ri-treev] / rɪˈtriv /


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Emergency teams had been racing to retrieve survivors from affected zones, where the widespread devastation meant food and water supplies were running out.

From Barron's Aug. 29, 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

She said they were supposed to go to a political event and stopped by his hotel room to retrieve some paperwork.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

They use mashed-together databases to sense patterns and retrieve verbiage.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

It is asking me not to retrieve the drone.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

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

Corby retrieves the bag and starts the car.

From Los Angeles Times May 5, 2025

He opens the front door and retrieves the Times, removing the blue wrapper, putting it on the coffee table to read later.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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

Grieving relatives gathered at identification centres to watch LED screens showing pictures of retrieved bodies, occasionally closing their eyes when the grim exercise overwhelmed them.

From Barron's Aug. 31, 2026

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

This was what Lincoln, his most powerful reader, retrieved during the Union’s death struggle with secession.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

I retrieved the ball and did as he said, bending my knees and reaching out toward the basket with both arms.

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman

Rikardsen then waited eight hours for the bear to move away before retrieving the camera and reviewing the images.

From BBC Aug. 25, 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

These cells are critical for storing and retrieving memories.

From Science Daily May 3, 2026

“It’s all right, never mind,” Lina said, retrieving what Poppy had been about to chew on.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau




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