retrieval
noun
re·triev·al
ri-ˈtrē-vəl 
1
: an act or process of retrieving
2
: possibility of being retrieved or of recovering
beyond retrieval
Examples of retrieval in a Sentence
the retrieval of stolen goods
The system allows quick storage and retrieval of data.
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What To Know Footage of the brawl shows several people chasing after one man in a white t-shirt, going from the luggage retrieval area of the debarkation point to what appears to be a hallway leading to either another room or the ship.
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Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
After beating Nathan MacKinnon on the opening faceoff of the game, Johnston beat MacKinnon to a puck retrieval after a dump-in by Evgenii Dadonov.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Vanguard 1 could be placed into a lower orbit for retrieval, for instance, or taken to the International Space Station to be repackaged for a ride to Earth.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The combination of Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana (the ELK stack) delivers an efficient system to meet these requirements:
• Elasticsearch serves as a powerful search and analytics engine that allows for fast retrieval of application logs and data to perform real-time analysis.
—Roshan Mahant, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
After beating Nathan MacKinnon on the opening faceoff of the game, Johnston beat MacKinnon to a puck retrieval after a dump-in by Evgenii Dadonov.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Vanguard 1 could be placed into a lower orbit for retrieval, for instance, or taken to the International Space Station to be repackaged for a ride to Earth.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The combination of Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana (the ELK stack) delivers an efficient system to meet these requirements:
• Elasticsearch serves as a powerful search and analytics engine that allows for fast retrieval of application logs and data to perform real-time analysis.
—Roshan Mahant, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for retrieval
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“Retrieval.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retrieval. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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retrieval
noun
re·triev·al
ri-ˈtrē-vəl
: an act or process of retrieving
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