retrieve

Example Sentences

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He could retrieve years’ worth of memories of eating it—making it, he came up blank.

From Literature

Feeling ridiculous, I retrieve the receipt from the floor and a brick falls through my stomach.

From Literature

He sagged, considering the risks of trying to retrieve it from Fernlight tomorrow.

From Literature

After the defection, the association said the agreement for him to use the building was invalid and later changed the locks without notice, with Mr Rosindell's staff only allowed to retrieve work items under supervision.

From BBC

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