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adjective

as in saved

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verb

past tense of retrieve
as in recaptured
to get again in one's possession needed to retrieve the book from my friend so I could return it to the library

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Recent Examples of retrieved
Verb
As agents accumulate conversation history, retrieved documents, memory, system instructions, tool definitions and execution state, interactions can progressively become larger and more expensive. — Pritam Debnath, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Ferrando and another deputy retrieved Ty from the vehicle, while Harris refused to drop the knife used in the stabbing. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Levon, the local sheriff, wants Pamela to bowl and go to town picnics, but Pamela can’t move forward — especially since Jason’s body was never retrieved after his drowning. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026 An Italian woman whose son had died while fighting for ISIS travelled to the front lines to see his corpse, which was in a location where it could not be safely retrieved. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 But last year, in a covert, high-altitude operation, a small team of Sherpas successfully retrieved DNA samples from his corpse and gave him back his name. — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026 The service is managed remotely from your phone so that your car can be retrieved with the send of a text. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Sierra told detectives that Machado, who was driving, retrieved a knife from her car’s glove box and tried to attack him. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026 Schmidt allegedly fled to a back bedroom and retrieved a firearm, Haltom said. — Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrieved
  1. saved
  2. recaptured
  3. recovered
  4. reclaimed
Adjective
  • But the tale of the shitty guy who uses his ‘saved’ status to avoid scrutiny of his current choices?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
  • Spotify noted that the album is one of the most pre-saved album Countdown Pages in platform history, with more than five million presaves.
    — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2026
Definition of saved
Verb
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky put the gains made by Vivaldi even higher, saying 176 square kilometers (68 square miles) had been recaptured and 5,000 Russian troops either wounded or killed since the operation started.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Macías Villamar was recaptured last year and sent to the United States, where he has been charged with importing thousands of pounds of cocaine.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of recaptured
Adjective
  • Its return marks a milestone in SpaceX's efforts to develop Starship as a rapidly reusable launch vehicle, with lessons from the recovered spacecraft potentially informing future vehicle designs and recovery operations.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The discovery is particularly significant because the ceramics are believed to have originated in Rhosus, a production center mentioned in the writings of Cicero — though there's no evidence that the recovered dishes belonged to Cicero himself.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of recovered
Verb
  • The team reclaimed the National League East, rebounding emphatically from a disappointing campaign, and won a postseason series for the first time in five years.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • That means investing in people who can use these tools to clear the busywork and putting that reclaimed time into original thinking.
    — Fernando Bergás-Coria, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of reclaimed

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“Retrieved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrieved. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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