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Recent Examples of retraction
In the motion to dismiss filed on Tuesday, Fox News’ lawyers said that Newsom’s lawyers had offered to drop the case if Fox issued a retraction and an apology.
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Gene Maddaus, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
To my mind, this is the most disturbing part of the retractions saga: the chaos, uncertainty, disrespect, and bullying, devoid of any underlying moral or philosophical reasoning.
—Elizabeth Kaye Cook
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
In a blog post on Thursday, Science's executive editor, Valda Vinson, and Editor-in-Chief Holden Thorp explained the retraction by saying that Science's criteria for issuing a retraction have evolved since 2010.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2025
Last Friday, Yahoo Sports reported on attorneys Jeffrey Kessler and Steve Berman—the duo representing the plaintiff athletes and class members—sending a letter to the NCAA and power conferences demanding retraction of a guidance issued last Thursday by the College Sports Commission (CSC).
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 July 2025
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Gene Maddaus, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
To my mind, this is the most disturbing part of the retractions saga: the chaos, uncertainty, disrespect, and bullying, devoid of any underlying moral or philosophical reasoning.
—Elizabeth Kaye Cook
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
In a blog post on Thursday, Science's executive editor, Valda Vinson, and Editor-in-Chief Holden Thorp explained the retraction by saying that Science's criteria for issuing a retraction have evolved since 2010.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2025
Last Friday, Yahoo Sports reported on attorneys Jeffrey Kessler and Steve Berman—the duo representing the plaintiff athletes and class members—sending a letter to the NCAA and power conferences demanding retraction of a guidance issued last Thursday by the College Sports Commission (CSC).
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retraction
Noun
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On display here is a crisis of disavowal, in which architects are relegated to playing mad scientists in a lab completely cut off from the world.—
Kate Wagner,
Curbed,
5 Sep. 2025
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Oddly, the move comes not as a renunciation but as a new adventure.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
15 Aug. 2025
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Moscow has persisted on a set of maximalist conditions to cease the devastating war in Ukraine, including the retainment of occupied territories, Kyiv's renunciation of its ambitions to join the NATO alliance and fresh elections in the invaded country.—
Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
13 Aug. 2025
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While non-State armed groups are said to be responsible for almost 50% of grave violations, government forces were the main perpetrators of the killing and maiming of children, attacks on schools and hospitals, and the denial of humanitarian access.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Protecting your own mental state is not avoidance or denial.—
Annie Margaret,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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If Helmy finds in the Party the kind of fellowship and outlet for his energies that a good career might otherwise have satisfied, Erich embraces his new identity with a snarling brutality that is a repudiation of his former sense of humiliation.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
19 Aug. 2025
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And to be fair, most of the departures weren’t a repudiation of Amador’s appointment.—
David Lyman,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
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There is an approach to materials — gold, gemstones, diamonds — with a radical reconsideration of the precious at its core.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
2 Sep. 2025
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Since taking office, new-ish DA Nathan Hochman has taken a much lower temperature approach to reconsideration of the Menendez case.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Retraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retraction. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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