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retrieved

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verb

past tense of retrieve
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
Verb
Daniel Vizcarra said a local golfer spotted the girl’s body floating down the Dominguez Channel on Tuesday and it was retrieved by deputies and firefighters. Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 The knife was retrieved after investigators obtained a search warrant. ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 Information that cannot be efficiently retrieved eventually becomes difficult to use, regardless of how carefully it was preserved. Beth Worthy, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 The victim also reportedly retrieved a handgun and fired several times toward Jones as Jones fled the scene. Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2026 Doctors retrieved Malachi’s heart, kidneys and liver for three children in Texas awaiting transplants, Grace said. Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026 The actual increase retrieved from coral records sits outside the models’ internal variability at a confidence level approaching 99 percent. Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026 Egg freezing is a fertility-preservation procedure in which eggs are retrieved from the ovaries, frozen and stored for possible future use. Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026 The family member had retrieved Molano’s vehicle and found the five large crates of cinnamon rolls inside. Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrieved
Adjective
  • But the tale of the shitty guy who uses his ‘saved’ status to avoid scrutiny of his current choices?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
  • Spotify noted that the album is one of the most pre-saved album Countdown Pages in platform history, with more than five million presaves.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Shares also recaptured its 200-day moving average and safely moved above it — all signs of a major trend change.
    Jay Woods, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Victoria’s Secret under CEO Hillary Super has doubled down on its authority as the go-to destination for bras and bra fittings—and recaptured some aughts nostalgia—riding that strategy to four consecutive quarters of growth.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Those additions can complicate sorting and downstream recycling or reduce the quality of the recovered material.
    Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The recovered vehicle will be returned to Texas for analysis to improve future Starship designs.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Hetzner Online reclaimed the address space 12 hours after the hijacking started by announcing the correct path.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Gartner's own data suggests the difference is not marginal, organizations that reinvest reclaimed time are more than twice as likely to beat their customer growth goals as those that do not.
    Sreedhar Peddineni, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

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“Retrieved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrieved. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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