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Recent Examples of retraction
Trump's decision to scale back his criticism of Zelenskyy, alongside a retraction of his accusations of dictatorship, fueled optimism that the Ukrainian president's upcoming visit might become a triumph of Ukrainian-US diplomacy.
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Katya Soldak, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Several publishers use our paper screener, which has been instrumental in more than 1,000 retractions.
—Frederik Joelving, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2025
The incident is one of the country's worst aviation disasters at a time when South Korea is embroiled in a huge political crisis following President Yoon Suk Yeol's imposition, then retraction, of martial law and subsequent impeachment.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
Notably, the only research paper claiming to prove such an impact was later shown to have incorrectly analyzed its data, leading to a rare retraction of publication.
—Michael Abrams, Baltimore Sun, 17 Feb. 2025
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Katya Soldak, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Several publishers use our paper screener, which has been instrumental in more than 1,000 retractions.
—Frederik Joelving, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2025
The incident is one of the country's worst aviation disasters at a time when South Korea is embroiled in a huge political crisis following President Yoon Suk Yeol's imposition, then retraction, of martial law and subsequent impeachment.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
Notably, the only research paper claiming to prove such an impact was later shown to have incorrectly analyzed its data, leading to a rare retraction of publication.
—Michael Abrams, Baltimore Sun, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retraction
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Erdoğan may need Kurdish support to run again Some analysts have said public suggestions by Erdoğan's political allies that Ocalan, the 75-year-old PKK leader, could be released in return for a renunciation of violence, form part of an effort to woo Kurdish voters.—
Willem Marx,
NPR,
1 Mar. 2025
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Enacted after the Civil War as a renunciation of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford, which held that Black people are not citizens of the U.S., the birthright citizenship clause has been relatively uncontested since 1868.—
Henry Gass,
The Christian Science Monitor,
30 Jan. 2025
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Planning staff recommended denial of the permit for the drive-thru, which would sit within 300 feet of another drive-thru to its north and the Bainbridge subdivision to its west on Lost Rapids Drive.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Apr. 2025
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Often the oddity comes from the chilling drone of bureaucracy: the executor’s compassionate thicket of legal reasoning, an airline representative’s denial of Carrie’s quest for a bereavement discount, the dollars and cents of Dr. J’s cremation (for which Carrie is retroactively billed).—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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Indeed, in Wisconsin's recent Supreme Court election, the Democrats framed their victory as a repudiation of Musk.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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The concern about the bank’s future is heightened as the second Trump administration doubles down on its repudiation of climate projects and promotes an accelerated expansion of U.S. oil and gas projects.—
Max Bearak,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Retraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retraction. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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