retrievals

plural of retrieval
as in recoveries
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 retrievals Brown went through several rounds of egg retrievals, each requiring injections, appointments, ultrasounds and blood work. — Olivia Laborde, AJC.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Simashev is excellent defensively and on retrievals and tilts the ice in his favor. — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 The fourth asks whether a security team can replay the exact prompts, retrievals and tool calls behind any consequential agent action. — Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 Many fertility clinics won’t attempt egg retrievals on women over 45. — Heather Grossmann, Parents, 16 June 2026 The professional athlete, in total, has had four D&Cs, a surgical procedure often performed after a miscarriage during which the cervix is dilated so that abnormal tissue can be removed from the uterine lining, per Johns Hopkins Medicine, six failed IVF transfers and eight egg retrievals. — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026 One victim had been hoisted out by a California Highway Patrol helicopter earlier Saturday, but high winds prevented it from continuing the retrievals. — Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2026 Not as a symbolic gesture, but as a legally binding framework that governs everything from tank retrievals to groundwater treatment. — New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2025 Initial trial retrievals of fuel debris from Unit 2 have already commenced. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
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Noun
  • If the missing person isn’t found, the search will eventually turn into a recovery, at which point the Coast Guard will disengage because the agency does not do body recoveries.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Its guidance system supports recoveries during difficult weather and other challenging operating conditions.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Chater, at the time, spearheaded one of the earliest land reclamations along Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor, which eventually became the city’s Central business district.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • This elegant Victorian-Era resort in Elkhart Lake recaptures the days when guests wore starched collars and flowing skirts while rowing boats on Elkhart Lake.
    — Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 9 May 2026
  • Decades after Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata helped enshrine a plucky Nova Scotian orphan in the minds of Japanese and international audiences, a new Anne of Green Gables adaptation recaptures that story’s appeal.
    — Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025

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“Retrievals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrievals. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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