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How does Reranking Retrieved Documents work

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A more precise but often slower model reviews the initial set of retrieved documents and reorders them based on a deeper understanding of relevance to the specific query.
Real-world example A RAG system uses a reranking step to move the single most relevant support article to the top before generating a final answer.

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