Example Sentences

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They said neither datasets were held in a retrievable way.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

“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

Through 2020, they collected 583 more, often by shooting a retrievable dart that punches out a small patch of a whale’s skin.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 26, 2023

The city also must ensure that towing companies make towed vehicles retrievable within 24 hours, including on weekends, and towing companies may not charge a storage fee for a vehicle within 24 hours.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2022

I would retrieve my fault, in so far as it was retrievable, and save Brandon, who was worth them all put together.

From When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth by Major, Charles