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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The journal typically adds a large RETRACTED notice across digital papers that have been retracted, leaving them available for download.
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The remote control has mixed reviews, with this seemingly retracting from its otherwise glowing reviews.
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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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Ballot measure proponents had a Thursday evening deadline to withdraw their proposals.
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Patients might be women in their 30s with an autoimmune disease like lupus or people of any age exposed to such toxins as methamphetamines or, in the past, the fen-phen appetite suppressant drug of the 1990s, later withdrawn after being linked to heart disease.
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His opponent claimed that created a conflict of interest, which Weiser denied.
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The two housekeepers denied having such a conversation with Brown, noting language differences would have made such a discussion unlikely.
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Over the same period, entry-level head count at the high-intensity firms rose 12%, contradicting predictions and fears that young or inexperienced workers would be most at risk of losing their jobs to AI.
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Jorge Rodríguez, the president of the National Assembly, announced Monday that the official toll stood at 1,719 people killed and 5,000 injured, and warned the public against sharing information that contradicted authorities.
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