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retrieve

[ri-treev] / rɪˈtriv /


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If you have time, retrieve original documents from the freezer before you evacuate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

I reach into my rucksack and retrieve a letter from Karl's mother, Angela Bushby.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

"My friend and neighbours live in this building. I came to help my friend retrieve some clothes and mattresses. He currently has no shelter or home," Mohannad al-Mashharawi told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

"The Germans are further ahead with this than we are in Denmark. They sometimes retrieve explosives from the wrecks and neutralize them, but doing so is very costly," she notes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

He stooped down to retrieve the shaba, and she took her chance.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

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

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

Scene: Maniac retrieves the wet newspaper from the living room.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

Much of what’s inside was retrieved from a dumpster, or scavenged before it landed in one.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Asking, “When was my son’s dentist appointment?” pulled the date from a text reminder, while “What’s my passport number?” retrieved the data from Photos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

They retrieved the bodies of Nadhira Al Harthy, the first Omani woman to climb Everest, and Pur Bahadur Gurung, a Nepalese climber who had summited 12 of the world's 14 highest peaks.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Furious, Byfield retrieved his arm and insisted on burying it properly.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

They left after Ivan put his coat back on and retrieved his staff from where Anya had left it against the wall.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

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

Fellow firefighter William Gillespie was already there, retrieving something from his locker.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler




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