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    "Retrieval is tracked here as an evidence-linked topic, not as a static glossary entry.",
    "The page connects raw observations to pattern hypotheses, longer analysis, and public sources.",
    "Use it as the canonical landing page before drilling into individual records."
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    "json": "https://newruntime.com/topics/retrieval.json"
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    "https://aclanthology.org/2024.acl-long.747",
    "https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.10813",
    "https://github.com/cocoindex-io/cocoindex",
    "https://linkedin.com/blog/engineering/ai/semantic-search-for-ai-agents-at-scale-retrieval-and-ranking-for-linkedins-hiring-assistant",
    "https://research.google/blog/thinking-to-recall-how-reasoning-unlocks-parametric-knowledge-in-llms",
    "https://research.google/blog/unlocking-dependable-responses-with-gemini-enterprise-agent-platforms-agentic-rag"
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      "title": "Retrieval and long context do not create company memory",
      "description": "Finding a relevant fragment does not establish whether it is current, authorized, trustworthy, or applicable to the present task.",
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      "date": "2026-07-01",
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      "title": "CocoIndex Keeps Agent Context Fresh Without Full Reindexing",
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