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retrieved from vs retrieved by

Both "retrieved from" and "retrieved by" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Retrieved from" is commonly used when referring to the source of information, while "retrieved by" is used to indicate the person or thing that performed the retrieval.

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retrieved from

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to the source of information.

Use "retrieved from" when indicating the source from which something was obtained or obtained.

Examples:

The data was retrieved from the database.
The quote was retrieved from the original text.
The information was retrieved from the internet.
The document was retrieved from the archives.
The image was retrieved from the server.

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It was retrieved from a confessional in Florence.
I was going to show her the information I've retrieved from Elemspur.
Several different types of matches can be retrieved from a TM.
These have been retrieved from NCI's clinical trials database.
Your e-mail has been retrieved from the web or from public directories.
In just few clicks deleted folder will be retrieved from Mac desktop or laptop.
There's a dead body they've retrieved from the desert.
Now, according to the logs I retrieved from the wreckage the Defiant encountered the anomaly 39 hours after it arrived in orbit.
The values of those JavaScript variables can be manually set within the code, or retrieved from static or dynamic JSON resources.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User or retrieved from publicly available information (eg publications).
Email management in symfony is centered around a mailer object, which can be retrieved from an action with the getMailer() method.
It is only retrieved from the database if you call the getRoute() method.
Cookies A cookie is a small text file that is saved and, during subsequent visits, retrieved from the user's system or mobile device.
A fifth bullet was retrieved from the crime scene.
Fragment of combat trouser retrieved from inside the gash.
The one you retrieved from Cal Sweeney.
The drives could be retrieved from these figures at specific points around in London and Sheffield.
Weapon ammunition must be manually retrieved from the ground or from dead enemies.
All three manuscripts were eventually retrieved from the ice on Kvitya in 1930.
Behold - the granddaddy of all bullets was retrieved from the scene.

Alternatives:

obtained from
sourced from
taken from
found in
acquired from

retrieved by

This phrase is correct and commonly used when indicating the person or thing that performed the retrieval.

Use "retrieved by" when specifying the entity that carried out the act of retrieval.

Examples:

The lost keys were retrieved by the janitor.
The document was retrieved by the research assistant.
The data was retrieved by the software program.
The stolen goods were retrieved by the police.
The information was retrieved by the team.

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The location where the incidental catch of small Champsocephalus gunnari exceeds 10 % is defined as the path followed by the fishing vessel from the point at which the fishing gear is first deployed to the point at which the fishing gear is retrieved by the fishing vessel.
The location where the by-catch exceeded one tonne is defined as the path followed by the fishing vessel from the point at which the fishing gear is first deployed from the fishing vessel to the point at which the fishing gear is retrieved by the fishing vessel.
Prophecies can only be retrieved by those about whom they are made.
Data may be retrieved by Europol where that is necessary for the performance of its tasks in a particular case.
In the case where this information can be retrieved by the scan-tool in a proper manner, the PEMS system is considered as failing and the test is void.
The monitoring plan may also provide details as to how relevant information collected through established routine surveillance practices conducted by third parties will be retrieved by, or made available to, the consent holder.
Can the Commission guarantee that the information on the passengers on board the KLM flight was not directly retrieved by US authorities from the European CRS's (computerised reservation systems)?
If that information cannot be retrieved by the PEMS system in a proper manner, the availability of the information shall be demonstrated by using an external OBD scan-tool as described in Annex 9B.
That information is not retrieved by the US authorities from computer reservation systems.
The responses, as well as other information received and retrieved by the Commission from the date of application of the Regulation to the current time, have been taken into account in the report as laid down in the following sections.
If the gear that is retrieved by the competent authorities of the Member States has not been reported as lost, these authorities may recover the cost from the master of the fishing vessel that lost the gear.
The recorded information can be viewed or retrieved by sending the same exact reference beam through the material again.

Alternatives:

recovered by
fetched by
obtained by
found by
collected by

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