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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
Harb hired Curran to get the loan out of collections and sent back to the SBA, but the agency still hasn’t retrieved the full payment that Harb had set up more than three years earlier, records show. Lewis Kamb, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024 She was later retrieved and treated for smoke inhalation, per the fire brigade. Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024 Another video filmed by the victim picks up the scene across the street a few seconds later, after the victim retrieved her phone and saw it was damaged. Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024 However, shortly after the segment, the gaming console was retrieved from the child, who was instead given a free Charlotte Hornets jersey as a consolation. Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 18 Dec. 2024 Later, the mission control team established communication with the chopper and retrieved the images. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2024 The songs were retrieved from Q Lazzarus’ archive of digital tapes and cassettes, and will now be released as a 10-track vinyl album, with additional cuts on the digital and CD editions. Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 12 Dec. 2024 Police later determined that Kobayashi retrieved her luggage from LAX before and left the airport without her phone. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024 Crew members on board the helicopter retrieved the equipment, officials said. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrieved
Adjective
  • All data stored within 1Password is fully encrypted, including vault names, website URLs associated with saved passwords, and the passwords themselves, of course.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • County stumbled upon the video after seeing it in his saved folder.
    Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 6 June 2024
Verb
  • Lake trout and burbot populations have increased, including a 2024 pronouncement that lake trout in Lake Superior have fully recovered.
    Paul A. Smith, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Anticipating a positive outcome to this permitting process, Perpetua Resources announced in December the execution of a non-binding agreement with Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining to explore the potential for the domestic processing of the antimony recovered from the Stibnite mine.
    David Blackmon, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The top five most powerful passports In 2025, Singapore has reclaimed its crown as the world’s most powerful passport with visa-free access to an extraordinary 195 of the 227 global destinations included in the list.
    Duncan Madden, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The Kings reclaimed the lead on a 3-pointer by Monk and never trailed again.
    Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 4 Jan. 2025

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