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Recent Examples of retraction
Since Cohn had signed the letter asking for retraction, the lead inquirer did not report to him.
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Ben Taub, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
The northern frontier with Azerbaijan, separating Azeris by a border, is really an outcome of Russian expansion and retraction largely in the 19th century.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Allen made the retraction on the ToTheBaha podcast and praised Flagg for how he’s improved to start his rookie season.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2026
The unraveling of climate catastrophism got another jolt recently with the formal retraction of a high-profile 2024 study published in the journal .
—MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
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Ben Taub, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
The northern frontier with Azerbaijan, separating Azeris by a border, is really an outcome of Russian expansion and retraction largely in the 19th century.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Allen made the retraction on the ToTheBaha podcast and praised Flagg for how he’s improved to start his rookie season.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2026
The unraveling of climate catastrophism got another jolt recently with the formal retraction of a high-profile 2024 study published in the journal .
—MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retraction
Noun
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And Bishop’s formal recantation helped to fast-track the overturning of the convictions.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Pelicot is troubled by her children’s immediate disavowal of their father, of their entire childhood.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2026
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But with Rourke’s strong disavowal, Hines also wanted to assure fans that there was nothing shady about the GoFundMe.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
6 Jan. 2026
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British psychiatrist Humphry Osmond, who took part in a peyote ceremony with a First Nations group the Red Pheasant Band in Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1956, intuited the necessity of community, empathy, and ego renunciation during the psychedelic process.—
Erica Rex,
STAT,
19 Feb. 2026
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Keep in mind, though, that renunciation is considered permanent.—
Liz Weston,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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While Congress recently took an important step by enacting PBM reform, that alone will not fix the systemic delays and denials facing cancer patients today.—
Alex Mejia Garcia,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2026
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Immigration bond denial rates by month have risen since last summer, from less than 50% in June to more than 62% in December, according to data from Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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The repudiation was a moral imperative for Ukraine’s flag-bearer at the Opening Ceremony.—
Sean Strockyj,
New York Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
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This statement, which the central bank posted on its website, amounted to an unprecedented repudiation of a President by a sitting Fed chair.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
15 Jan. 2026
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Karr made a reconsideration motion Wednesday, but the motion failed 16-17 with two senators absent.—
Joshua Haiar & Seth Tupper,
States Newsroom,
19 Feb. 2026
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But rather than allow that foundational genre of American music to languish in novelty, Ragger urge a reconsideration of ragtime’s entrenched perception as pure whimsy.—
Aly Eleanor,
Pitchfork,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Retraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retraction. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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