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retrieve

[ri-treev] / rɪˈtriv /


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The 57-year-old cleaning lady said the mayor of Zarzuela de Jadraque gave her just seconds to retrieve her papers and the medicines she needed before fleeing her village home.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Verbal fluency refers to the ability to quickly retrieve and produce words.

From Science Daily Jul. 18, 2026

What MarketWatch found was that it’s probably best to retrieve the data first, and then feed it into the AI tool of choice with the JPMorgan instructions.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

A block away from the former Pfizer building, guests who had been evacuated from the Hampton Inn the day before waited on the street corner Wednesday morning to get inside to retrieve luggage and belongings.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

They had a registered letter sent to the P.O. box listed under Miller’s name, then they nabbed Morrison when he went to retrieve it.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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

OpenAI, meanwhile, says it has shipped an update for Plus and Pro users that improves how memory finds and retrieves details.

From The Wall Street Journal May 25, 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

She hands me a plastic cup, retrieves the pill from the floor, and goes into my bathroom.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Shortly after, while visiting Hank and Marjorie, she retrieved their mail, including the purported water-company letter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

On average, around 13% of stolen vehicles are retrieved, according to the car seller Cinch.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

Police say the following was retrieved from the home, totaling about $2.1 million:

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2026

Musselman joined SpaceX in 2022 as an engineering officer on a vessel that retrieved rocket parts that fell into the ocean off the Florida coast.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

Days later, shirt returned and her own retrieved, Pearl still felt Lexie’s confidence fizzing in her veins.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

IVF involves stimulating the ovaries to produce eggs, retrieving them, fertilising them in a laboratory and then implanting the resulting embryo back into the womb.

From BBC Jun. 26, 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

She glanced up at the ceiling as if retrieving a distant memoiy.

From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez




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