retrieve
verb (used with object)
to recover or regain.
have retrieved
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present perfectof retrieve.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Rescuers in Nepal have retrieved 1,385 bodies, while around 5,130 people are missing, according to the disaster agency on Friday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Every time you ask it to summarize a book you haven’t read, recall a fact you could have retrieved yourself, or draft a thought you were about to form, you’ve skipped a cognitive rep.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
He has also handed over his Covid WhatsApp messages which he is said to have retrieved from an old phone handset.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2023
In 2020, China brought back lunar samples from the moon on an uncrewed mission, making China the third nation to have retrieved lunar samples after the United States and the Soviet Union.
From Reuters ● Jul. 12, 2023
They could have retrieved the Book at the cabin in Kambali.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
