as in to retract
to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)
the witness tried to unsay the very testimony that he had given a few days earlier
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Recent Examples of unsay
And what stands out is what is unsaid, the life stories of the people who were owned by our president, who worked those plantations, who served these presidents.
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Tonya Mosley,
NPR,
5 May 2026
In fact, there is little that Obama has left unsaid about Trump in the past fifteen years.
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Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Now, there is no way to unsay it.
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Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
Left unsaid was that the former group, which included Deebo Samuel, Brandon Aiyuk and Jauan Jennings, could be unpredictable and a challenge to coaches and teammates alike.
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Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unsay
Tonya Mosley,
NPR,
5 May 2026
In fact, there is little that Obama has left unsaid about Trump in the past fifteen years.
—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Now, there is no way to unsay it.
—
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
Left unsaid was that the former group, which included Deebo Samuel, Brandon Aiyuk and Jauan Jennings, could be unpredictable and a challenge to coaches and teammates alike.
—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unsay
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsay
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One of his Greenlandic colleagues offered his own thoughts, then similarly retracted, lest his assertions affect Greenland’s new position of leverage.
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The farm retracted those statements five days later, but continued to dispute the cause of the outbreak and contest the agency’s findings.
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Jafarzadeh highlighted Khabiri as a symbol of the regime’s repression of athletes, as Khabiri was a rising soccer star who became captain of Iran’s national team before being arrested and asked to appear on television to renounce his political beliefs.
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Her first book, Notes on a Foreign Country (2018), seeks to take stock of, and renounce, American solipsism abroad.
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The ceasefire in the MOU extends to a halt in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, requiring Israel to withdraw from Lebanon under a final deal that Trump hopes to reach within 60 days.
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Garcia said some students have disengaged from campus life or withdrawn from classes altogether.
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Beijing broadly denies providing weapons to countries in conflict.
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Achraf Hakimi, Morocco’s superstar captain, was denied by Gunn after receiving a similar entry pass from Diaz, then zipped a shot from outside the box straight at the Scotland keeper.
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The group also took time to contradict claims from AV makers like Tesla, which often rely on a 2019 NHTSA study finding that 94 percent of car accidents are due to human error in order to suggest that AVs will make roads safer.
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The foreign ministry and the Guards have been noted to have different interests throughout the conflict, sometimes contradicting each other.
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“Unsay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsay. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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