recanted 1 of 2

past tense of recant

recanted

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adjective

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Recent Examples of recanted
Adjective
But Raviani later recanted her allegations and dubbed it a misunderstanding. Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 However, Springsteen and Scott later recanted their confessions, claiming they were coerced during lengthy police interrogations. Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recanted
Verb
  • An examination of the plane after impact revealed the landing gear down and flaps retracted, according to the preliminary report.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • On August 4, the situation culminated when the National Assembly officially retracted feudal rights.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Just a day before Amtrak unveiled its new Acela trains, his department withdrew another $175 million earmarked for California rail projects.
    Ben Jones, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In January 2023, Imavov was booked to face Kelvin Gastelum, but that fight fell apart when Gastelum withdrew.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The withheld funding supports election monitoring, independent media and other pro-democracy programs abroad.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Eventually, however, Lowell’s ideas were discredited—Schiaparelli, once an ally, renounced them—and the world moved on.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Beijing has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control.
    Karen Lema, Reuters, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Too long submerged in suppressed grief, Zilpha now came up from its depth like any swimmer stroking toward light and sweet air.
    Annie Proulx, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • And not a single Democrat then contradicted them or criticized them.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Blood spatter on the hood outside the car contradicted Buford Pusser’s statements.
    Audrey McAvoy, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Comedian Alex Edelman plays Adam, a repressed father of four.
    Judy Berman, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Only in this case, the repressed figure at the movie’s center also happens to be the president of Italy.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Mace's former fiancé denied the accusations.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Caracas has denied this repeatedly.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025

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