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past tense of recant

recanted

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adjective

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Recent Examples of recanted
Adjective
Dassey contradicted himself numerous times during the confession, and later recanted it entirely. Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025 Whatever, Dever quickly recanted her earlier precise testimony to the FBI about the sinister doings by those two dodgy cops behind Karen Read’s SUV. Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025 The first woman has since recanted her allegations of abuse, and Mills has not been charged with any crime. Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 3 Sep. 2025 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
  • Watkins later retracted her statements after she was sensationalized by the media.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The prominent medical publisher BMJ Group has retracted a study that found apple cider vinegar could help people achieve dramatic weight loss.
    Jon Hamilton, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After President Joe Biden withdrew his reelection campaign yesterday, the endorsements have been rolling in for Vice President Kamala Harris to be selected as the Democratic nominee for the upcoming election.
    Anna Tingley, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
  • While the Dartmouth players withdrew their unionization petition after the 2024 presidential election, their success could inspire similar efforts at other schools.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The withheld funding supports election monitoring, independent media and other pro-democracy programs abroad.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Advertisement Lee also renounced any concept of gender roles, longing for full social equality regardless of gender or race.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Beijing views Taiwan as its own territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring Taipei under its control.
    Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 5 Sep. 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
  • Four months after a man was killed in a crash with an 18-wheeler on Interstate 30 in Arlington, the truck’s driver was arrested because surveillance video contradicted his statement, Arlington police said in a news release on Monday.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Dassey contradicted himself numerous times during the confession, and later recanted it entirely.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Though beloved by many straight men for the wrong reasons, the central character in American Psycho — a movie directed by a woman, written by a woman, and based on a novel written by a gay man — has always been paradigmatic of repressed same-sex desire.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 23 Sep. 2025
  • Also, give your shadow self a hug and tend to the repressed parts of your heart and nature.
    Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Country music artist Morgan Wallen initially denied throwing a chair off the roof of Nashville bar Chief’s in 2024, according to police video footage obtained by The Associated Press.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Combs remains behind bars, having been denied bail prior to sentencing.
    Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025

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