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Recent Examples of retraction
The president’s attorney had demanded the Times issue a retraction and apology, the paper said.
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Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The White House sought retraction, but the publication never followed up on it.
—Ariana Quihuiz, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Newsmax was not required to apologize or issue a retraction as part of the settlement, a company spokesperson told NBC News.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 18 Aug. 2025
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.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
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Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The White House sought retraction, but the publication never followed up on it.
—Ariana Quihuiz, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Newsmax was not required to apologize or issue a retraction as part of the settlement, a company spokesperson told NBC News.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 18 Aug. 2025
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.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retraction
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Anderson saw something in the artist formerly known as Marky Mark, who’d only made the transition from musical artist to actor three years earlier, that Wahlberg still doesn’t see in himself, if his disavowal of the movie is any indication.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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But the new wave of disavowals represents the latest sign that the conflict, which has killed thousands of Palestinians, has become polarizing within the mainstream of the party.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Sweet Dove Died is considered Pym’s most Jamesian work and there are inflections of the Master in the themes of falling out of love, renunciation, and collecting—the pursuit of beauty falling short.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 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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For Avraham Burg, an author and former speaker of Israel’s parliament who has become a prominent critic, what lies behind this state of denial in many Jewish Israelis goes far beyond media influence.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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After weeks of obfuscation and denial, the Chinese government suddenly shut down the city of Wuhan and surrounding regions to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak.—
Yangyang Cheng,
NPR,
4 Oct. 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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Harvey might have reasoned that the arbitration should move deliberately given that both Flores and the NFL have flooded the dockets of the Southern District of New York and Second Circuit with appeals, petitions for reconsideration and other demands.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Parties in the case will have a chance to request reconsideration.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Retraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retraction. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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