retrieve
verb (used with object)
to recover or regain.
have been retrieving
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present perfect progressiveof retrieve.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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County officials say he may have been retrieving an item that fell down the shaft.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 10, 2019
For their part, the Soviets have been retrieving some of their water for years, condensing it from the exhaled, humid air in the spacecraft.
From Time Magazine Archive
