retrievable
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Messages can be difficult to retrieve or even set to disappear - whereas those sent via approved channels are fully retrievable, meaning they can be looked into if there is any suspected wrongdoing.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2024
“This milestone is the culmination of an eight-year process to bring a safe, secure, temporary and retrievable private facility to help the nation’s spent fuel storage dilemma,” Holtec said in a statement thanking regulators.
From Washington Times ● May 9, 2023
New studies of pinyon jays and robins are on hold because researchers don’t want to burden animals with tags whose data may not be retrievable.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 23, 2022
But while more funds are potentially retrievable, additional recoveries could stretch out for years, and are likely to generate significantly smaller returns, state and federal officials say.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2022
If they had been retrievable by any Writings, I may justly say, they had been retrieved by mine.
From A Dialogue Between Dean Swift and Tho. Prior, Esq. In the Isles of St. Patrick's Church, Dublin, On that Memorable Day, October 9th, 1753 by Anonymous
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