retracting

present participle of retract

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Recent Examples of retracting Pressure campaigns have even led to traditional media outlets retracting previously positive reviews, further harming book sales and author reputations. Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025 APPs excel in positioning patients, opening surgical sites, retracting tissues, and closing incisions. Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025 Roberts still acknowledged this all becomes more of a conversation if the Dodgers can get closer to full strength, anyway, before retracting some of his pointed criticism of Hernández from Monday night and doubling down on his belief Hernández can improve his range. Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for retracting
Verb
  • The 4% rule traditionally involves withdrawing 4% of a portfolio in the first year of retirement and then adjusting the rate in subsequent years for inflation.
    Lorie Konish, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The reaction to this was dynamic, which for some meant withdrawing from opportunities and for others contributed to burnout and decisions to leave their jobs altogether.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Even worse, Park and his conservative successors had been bolstered by the very imperial forces from which the South Koreans had hoped to escape, in exchange for renouncing their right to forgive and to hold Japan accountable.
    Eun A Jo, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2022
Verb
  • But there’s no denying that this emerging dynamic gives billionaires and their space companies unprecedented power that could play out in exciting — and perhaps dangerous — ways.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • China is also ramping up its ability to target satellites, aimed at weakening or denying adversaries access to space, reported SCMP.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Retracting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retracting. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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