as in to retract
to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)
the witness tried to unsay the very testimony that he had given a few days earlier
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Recent Examples of unsay
Left unsaid: That argument may not fly and, regardless, a judge had signaled those planes should have stayed grounded.
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
Confronting her father at his job about what’s going unsaid regarding Uncle Fred, however, goes nowhere.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
So much remains unsaid between the couple; the wife’s gestures—her hand on the latch—say more than her words.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
But the real insights often lie in what’s left unsaid.
—Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
Confronting her father at his job about what’s going unsaid regarding Uncle Fred, however, goes nowhere.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
So much remains unsaid between the couple; the wife’s gestures—her hand on the latch—say more than her words.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
But the real insights often lie in what’s left unsaid.
—Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsay
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The paper has since been discredited by health experts, retracted from the journal in which it was published, and its primary author, Andrew Wakefield, lost his medical license.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2025
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And the rear decklid spoiler extends and retracts at 45 miles an hour—but that’s customizable, as with everything on the car, in the same vein as a 911 restomod from Singer Vehicle Design.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Rather than a gradual strengthening of local capacity as a way of reimagining how the global development industry operates, the Trump administration’s proposals simply withdraw federal support.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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But with so much uncertainty over both macroeconomic conditions and trade policies, many companies have been giving downbeat second-quarter forecasts and have been withdrawing or balking at revising their full-year projections.—
Lisa Kailai Han,Sean Conlon,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2025
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Eventually, in 2019, the Business Round Table realized that business based totally on the self-interest of short-term profits was untenable and officially renounced it.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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In this telling, the blood of Christian martyrs facing lions rather than renouncing their faith eventually transformed the Roman empire.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2025
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The state also was denied an emergency order to block Musk’s exercise of sweeping power over the federal budget.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Chemicals at the port were suspected to have fueled the explosion, but the exact cause was not clear and Iran's Defence Ministry denied international media reports that the blast may be linked to the mishandling of solid fuel used for missiles.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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The zoning commission’s recommendations contradicted the map 29% of the time.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Apr. 2025
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But Francis also contradicted himself and split some very specific hairs regarding LGBTQ+ rights.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Unsay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsay. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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