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 After being diagnosed with a diminished ovarian reserve, Jung went through 15 egg retrievals and 5 embryo transfers before eventually giving birth at 43. — Jessica Poitevien, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026 Brown went through several rounds of egg retrievals, each requiring injections, appointments, ultrasounds and blood work. — Olivia Laborde, AJC.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Simashev is excellent defensively and on retrievals and tilts the ice in his favor. — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 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 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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrievals
  1. recoveries
  2. reclamations
  3. recaptures
Noun
  • Capital One's charge-offs benefited from steady improvement in delinquencies compared to the first half of the year and strong recoveries performance.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Flynn McGuire, a physical rehabilitation doctor at the University of Utah and an author of the review, said anecdotes about people having miraculous recoveries are even less reliable.
    — Amy Maxmen, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 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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