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Recent Examples of retraction
On July 2nd, the health insurance sector underwent a notable decline following Centene (NYSE:CNC)'s retraction of its financial outlook, citing rising costs.
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
The Roosevelt Hotel was recently the subject of White House ire, as the feds attempted to justify an $80 million retraction of FEMA funds with unsupported claims that the hotel was a hotbed of international gang activity.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2025
Mixed Reactions While some universities criticize the procedure and announce retractions, others have attempted to justify the practice, revealing a troubling lack of consensus on AI ethics in academia.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Economists have forecast a range of potential negative outcomes driven by Trump’s tariffs: an increase in prices, longer-term inflationary pressure, a slowdown in U.S. growth or even stagflation — a combination of inflation and economic retraction.
—Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 25 June 2025
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
The Roosevelt Hotel was recently the subject of White House ire, as the feds attempted to justify an $80 million retraction of FEMA funds with unsupported claims that the hotel was a hotbed of international gang activity.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2025
Mixed Reactions While some universities criticize the procedure and announce retractions, others have attempted to justify the practice, revealing a troubling lack of consensus on AI ethics in academia.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Economists have forecast a range of potential negative outcomes driven by Trump’s tariffs: an increase in prices, longer-term inflationary pressure, a slowdown in U.S. growth or even stagflation — a combination of inflation and economic retraction.
—Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retraction
Noun
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When the late Pope Francis was elected, a dozen years ago, and famously declined the pomp and perquisites typically associated with the office, among his renunciations was the use of the papal summer residence—a seventeenth-century palazzo in Castel Gandolfo, about fifteen miles south of Rome.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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This is largely due to the renunciation of complete sovereignty and the sharing of resources that the EU has encouraged for almost 60 years now.—
Frank-Walter Steinmeier,
Foreign Affairs,
13 June 2016
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Ambiguities or omissions can result in a denial of the guarantee.—
Adam Craig,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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This denial contradicted claims made in a lawsuit alleging that the high pressure to meet arrest targets led ICE to carry out unlawful raids in Los Angeles.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 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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Bennett’s statement appears to be the most sweeping Israeli repudiation of any Mossad-Epstein ties.—
Ron Kampeas,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Retraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retraction. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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