as in recaptured
to get again in one's possession
needed to retrieve the book from my friend so I could return it to the library
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Recent Examples of retrieved
Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Hearing this, John stood up, retrieved the guitar from its stand at the end of the room, brought it back, and handed it to me.
—Tom Piazza
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Three hours after the troop’s Garmin inReach transmitted a call for help, a chopper retrieved Montgomery from a nearby meadow.
—Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2025
On June 1, the woman retrieved her phone and keys from her Uber driver, according to the complaint.
—Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
One of the child suspects, according to police, then retrieved a gun and shot the father.
—Mike Stunson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
During the fourth inning of the Phillies’ game against the Miami Marlins at LoanDepot Park on September 5, Feltwell retrieved a home run ball that Harrison Bader had blasted into the stands before passing it to his son.
—George Ramsay, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
After delivery, the magnetic particles were directed back to the catheter and retrieved.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
You are taken back to the terminal and can enjoy a shower while your bags are retrieved by waiting staff.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Messages shown to them by a roommate included references to a rifle that needed to be retrieved, wrapped in a towel.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Hearing this, John stood up, retrieved the guitar from its stand at the end of the room, brought it back, and handed it to me.
—Tom Piazza
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Three hours after the troop’s Garmin inReach transmitted a call for help, a chopper retrieved Montgomery from a nearby meadow.
—Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2025
On June 1, the woman retrieved her phone and keys from her Uber driver, according to the complaint.
—Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
One of the child suspects, according to police, then retrieved a gun and shot the father.
—Mike Stunson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
During the fourth inning of the Phillies’ game against the Miami Marlins at LoanDepot Park on September 5, Feltwell retrieved a home run ball that Harrison Bader had blasted into the stands before passing it to his son.
—George Ramsay, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
After delivery, the magnetic particles were directed back to the catheter and retrieved.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
You are taken back to the terminal and can enjoy a shower while your bags are retrieved by waiting staff.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrieved
Verb
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Conveniently flawed Yes, the carbon may be recaptured if trees regrow.—
John P. O’Brien,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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The irony is that, after a tough couple of decades, the package holiday sector had recaptured the imagination of investors once more.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The singer’s twelfth studio album, which is due out October 3, has become the most pre-saved project in the history of Spotify’s countdown page feature, according to the streaming platform.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The streamer announced on Instagram that The Life of a Showgirl became the most pre-saved album Countdown Page in Spotify history.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Patel publicly discussed details including a recovered note and DNA links to items found at the scene — comments that analysts say risk violating Department of Justice norms on pretrial statements and could prompt motions to move venue or otherwise challenge the fairness of a trial.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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The vault-like room with its large steel access doors held all of the recovered pieces—about 40 percent of the total orbiter—and was a departure from what NASA had done after its previous spaceflight disasters.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Though the phrase has been co-opted by politicians like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a pro-regime former president, to ridicule and disparage protesters, it has since been reclaimed.—
Fatemeh Jamalpour,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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The floors will be reclaimed plastic and concrete, and the equipment in the hospital will be sparse, as there are no monitors available, Hawash-Kuemmerle said.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Retrieved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrieved. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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