retrievable
Americanadjective
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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
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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