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retrieve

[ri-treev] / rɪˈtriv /


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She figured an employee had left something and had gone in to retrieve it, but no one was inside.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

"Our mission is not to wipe out the gangs in Haiti" but to retrieve the four Salvadoran technicians, Bukele told journalists at a press conference late on Thursday, as he sought to address the concerns.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Researchers evaluated verbal fluency, or the ability to quickly retrieve and produce words, along with working memory, which allows people to temporarily hold and use information.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

You retrieve it by verifying your voter registration here.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

On her way out, she stopped in the common room to retrieve her carpetbag, which she had earlier hidden beneath the curtained table that held the samovar.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

The agent yells at the unidentified bystander and leaves him on the sidewalk while another agent retrieves the can from the street.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

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

Researchers found that astrocytes in this area play a direct role in how the brain learns what to fear, retrieves those memories, and importantly, learns when those fears are no longer relevant.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2026

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

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

That is, it’s low if you go through the full process of having your eggs retrieved at 44, fertilized, and then an embryo implanted.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Several posts, which were retrieved through Google image cache, appeared on his now-deleted Instagram account the day of this week’s attack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Indeed, I had blocked out most memories of that 2004 Fox reality train wreck until Carr’s documentary reached into my mind’s cobwebby attic and retrieved its cabinet of horrors.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

In a press conference, coast guard spokesperson Commodore Noemie Cayabyab said most bodies had been retrieved from the sleeping area of the boat, which had been making a 22-hour journey.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Nhamo retrieved the tortoise, which had wedged itself between two guinea-pig pens.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

"Arthur is one of the best at retrieving balls and staying in the points," said Dimitrov's coach Jamie Delgado.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 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

“You might like this kind,” Sairy said, retrieving a tub of freshly made peach ice cream.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech


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