as in reclamation
the act or process of getting something back
a law firm that has been involved in the retrieval of artworks that were plundered during the war
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Recent Examples of retrieval
That tool is that governments are allowed to charge a fee for records retrieval.
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The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
Additionally, HostArmada is powered by a virtual cloud infrastructure with greater stability and faster data retrieval than conventional HDD and SSD servers.
—Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 8 Mar. 2026
Last August, Santos underwent egg retrieval that resulted in three viable embryos.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
Citing the city’s own data, Cicirelli acknowledged the retrieval rate was less than 10%.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
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The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
Additionally, HostArmada is powered by a virtual cloud infrastructure with greater stability and faster data retrieval than conventional HDD and SSD servers.
—Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 8 Mar. 2026
Last August, Santos underwent egg retrieval that resulted in three viable embryos.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
Citing the city’s own data, Cicirelli acknowledged the retrieval rate was less than 10%.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for retrieval
Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrieval
Noun
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Then a reclamation project at the end of a disappointing 2024 campaign.—
Tim Cowlishaw,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Mar. 2026
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The two key solutions were to hire Bora Milutinović, a jovially unintelligible coach with a history of reclamation projects, and to launch a nearly two-year residency training camp in Orange County.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Mar. 2026
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This dynamic, known in counseling circles as partner-blame, is well documented in Christian purity and addiction-recovery literature.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
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Injury updates Dodgers utility players Tommy Edman (right ankle surgery recovery) and Kiké Hernández (left elbow surgery recovery) took early batting practice on the field Saturday afternoon.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2026
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Criminal gang violence continues unabated in Ecuador following the recapture in June 2025 of the country's biggest drug lord, Adolfo Macías, who leads the Los Choneros gang, after his escape from a maximum-security prison in 2024.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Historically, fabs haven’t invested in the piping and mechanical systems for helium recapture because the gas has always been viewed as cheap enough to vent into the atmosphere.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Retrieval.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrieval. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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