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Recent Examples of retraction
The authors agreed to the retraction, calling the errors honest mistakes.
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New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025
The episode walks viewers from initial flights on the aluminium frame, through the carbon-fibre upgrade, wheel retraction and steering tests, to final flights after iterative weight reduction and control tuning.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
Nevertheless, the article made many people upset, leading to thousands of negative comments, many rave-side debates, and a coordinated letter to the editor requesting a retraction.
—Andrew Pasquier, Them., 18 Sep. 2025
The president’s attorney had demanded the Times issue a retraction and apology, the paper said.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025
The episode walks viewers from initial flights on the aluminium frame, through the carbon-fibre upgrade, wheel retraction and steering tests, to final flights after iterative weight reduction and control tuning.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
Nevertheless, the article made many people upset, leading to thousands of negative comments, many rave-side debates, and a coordinated letter to the editor requesting a retraction.
—Andrew Pasquier, Them., 18 Sep. 2025
The president’s attorney had demanded the Times issue a retraction and apology, the paper said.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retraction
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As the administration’s immigration enforcement continues to provoke a national debate, the rare public disavowal by Miller’s cousin underscores how the far-reaching effects of federal policy can reverberate through private lives, fracturing even close family bonds.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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The post marks a significant shift from the President’s past disavowals of the unpopular right-wing policy blueprint, which was created by conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation ahead of the 2024 election.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
3 Oct. 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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The venerable department store had long been in denial about the depth of its problems, said Spring, who took the reins of Macy’s Inc in early 2024 after a successful decade-long stint as CEO of its Bloomingdale’s division.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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Controversy grew over the Indonesian government's denial of visas to the Israeli national gymnastics team Saturday, when the President of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) spoke out about it.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
18 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 21 Oct. 2025.
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