Example Sentences

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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 handed over Covid WhatsApp messages which he is said to have retrieved from an old phone handset.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 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

The agency’s employees have retrieved more than 700 dead birds of several species, but primarily young snow geese, from the area.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2022

He handed her his crumpled piece of paper, which he must have retrieved from the floor.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau