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
Label everything to make retrieval easier.
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ABC News, 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
Arturri Lehkonen’s two-way intelligence, puck retrieval skills and off-puck work are a nice complement to them.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
The city's cart retrieval program, which was formalized in October, can charge stores as much as $50 per cart returned to them, though Republican state lawmakers are looking to stop Arizona cities from fining businesses for the service.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 22 Feb. 2026
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ABC News, 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
Arturri Lehkonen’s two-way intelligence, puck retrieval skills and off-puck work are a nice complement to them.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
The city's cart retrieval program, which was formalized in October, can charge stores as much as $50 per cart returned to them, though Republican state lawmakers are looking to stop Arizona cities from fining businesses for the service.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 22 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrieval
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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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Thanks to reclamations like Mary Gabriel’s book Ninth Street Women and retrospectives of their work, Lee and Elaine are better known today as artists than artists’ wives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Mar. 2026
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Against a backdrop of cautious recovery in China’s luxury market, Shanghai Fashion Week (SHFW) has unveiled its provisional Fall/Winter 2026 schedule.—
Yiling Pan,
Vogue,
16 Mar. 2026
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His extensive background includes strategic planning, cybersecurity governance, infrastructure management, data security, disaster recovery, and operational oversight, according to a news release.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 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 22 Mar. 2026.
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