recede (from)

verb

Definition of recede (from)next
as in to withdraw

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recede (from)
  1. withdraw
  2. go
  3. leave
  4. retreat
Verb
  • Shortly afterwards, Tyler and one of his co-counsels, Shy Jackson, filed motions to withdraw from the case — an act that was widely viewed as a quiet form of protest.
    — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Cookies should not be set before consent, should appear the moment consent is granted, should persist across the session and should disappear when a visitor withdraws it.
    — Lesa Seibert, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of withdraw
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  • Slavia Prague The Czech champions briefly threatened an upset against Barcelona in the league phase last season, going ahead in sub-zero temperatures in Prague before the Catalan side turned up the heat to win 4-2.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Okamoto went 4 for 5 with a double and broke a 3-all tie in the seventh with an RBI single.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of go
Verb
  • That leaves Christina Koch as the only crew member still on the active astronaut rolls.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Giffords was shot during an assassination attempt in 2011 but has stayed active in politics since leaving Congress.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of leave
Verb
  • Officials say people who encounter a wolf should not run, but rather make noises, maintain eye contact and retreat slowly.
    — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • There was television, which, starting in the nineteen-fifties, kept kids indoors; also, houses got a lot bigger, and families smaller, so that most kids suddenly had the option of retreating to their own bedrooms.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of retreat
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