| With business and sport now irretrievably entwined, there's big money in medals. |
| A few doughty independents and specialist dealers aside, the bookselling business in Britain is now irretrievably homogenised. |
| The company's financial fortunes seemed irretrievably tied to databases and large e-commerce suites. |
| The bad news is that every single byte of data on the hard drive has been completely and irretrievably lost. |
| The original characteristics of a piece of land may have been irretrievably altered over time by manifold human activities. |
| Ultimately, the value of the token is irretrievably dependent on the success of the economy. |
