retrievals

noun

plural of retrieval
as in recoveries
the act or process of getting something back a law firm that has been involved in the retrieval of artworks that were plundered during the war

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Recent Examples of retrievals Initial trial retrievals of fuel debris from Unit 2 have already commenced. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025 The fourth asks whether a security team can replay the exact prompts, retrievals and tool calls behind any consequential agent action. — Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 Many fertility clinics won’t attempt egg retrievals on women over 45. — Heather Grossmann, Parents, 16 June 2026 Not as a symbolic gesture, but as a legally binding framework that governs everything from tank retrievals to groundwater treatment. — New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2025 The Jets’ power play scored 21 fewer goals this time around, failing to generate the motion, the number of attack pathways, the puck retrievals or the zone time of the previous year’s group. — Murat Ates, New York Times, 1 June 2026 One victim had been hoisted out by a California Highway Patrol helicopter earlier Saturday, but high winds prevented it from continuing the retrievals. — Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2026 The professional athlete, in total, has had four D&Cs, a surgical procedure often performed after a miscarriage during which the cervix is dilated so that abnormal tissue can be removed from the uterine lining, per Johns Hopkins Medicine, six failed IVF transfers and eight egg retrievals. — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrievals
  1. recoveries
  2. reclamations
  3. recaptures
Noun
  • Cycling’s remarkable collarbone break recoveries Just over two months ago, Visma-Lease a Bike’s Matteo Jorgenson broke his collarbone after a nasty fall at Amstel Gold.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Bain & Company reports a weak first quarter, projecting only a modest rebound, unlike previous strong recoveries.
    — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of recoveries
Noun
  • Thanks to reclamations like Mary Gabriel’s book Ninth Street Women and retrospectives of their work, Lee and Elaine are better known today as artists than artists’ wives.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Chater, at the time, spearheaded one of the earliest land reclamations along Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor, which eventually became the city’s Central business district.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
Definition of reclamations
Noun
  • This elegant Victorian-Era resort in Elkhart Lake recaptures the days when guests wore starched collars and flowing skirts while rowing boats on Elkhart Lake.
    — Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 9 May 2026
  • Decades after Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata helped enshrine a plucky Nova Scotian orphan in the minds of Japanese and international audiences, a new Anne of Green Gables adaptation recaptures that story’s appeal.
    — Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
Definition of recaptures

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