Meaning & use
retrieving
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Getting or bringing something back, especially from a location where it was left, lost, or stored.
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The dog kept retrieving the ball no matter how far it was thrown.
She spent an hour retrieving files from the corrupted hard drive.
A note on using this word
In computing, 'retrieving data' refers to accessing and returning stored information from a database or storage device.
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losing
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