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
Yet his most consequential victory may not have been what was staged for the cameras, but what was left unsaid.
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Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
But left unsaid was one significant potential drawback.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Children have an uncanny ability to intuit what goes unsaid.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 17 June 2025
Then, in Luke and June’s final conversation, there was a lot unsaid between them.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
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Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
But left unsaid was one significant potential drawback.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Children have an uncanny ability to intuit what goes unsaid.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 17 June 2025
Then, in Luke and June’s final conversation, there was a lot unsaid between them.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsay
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The Democrat has since faced calls from Republicans to drop out of the state attorney general race, though many Democrats and his corporate donors have not retracted their support.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Oct. 2025
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Stefano Mele, husband of Barbara Locci, initially confessed to killing his wife and her lover but later retracted his statement.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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Per Pete Thamel and Dan Wetzel of ESPN, the University of Michigan and Moore appealed the case but have since withdrawn their appeals.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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The South American country withdrew visa-free access in April in response to the three countries barring Brazilian passport holders from visa-free access.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Royalist émigrés began to trickle back into the country in 1795, and a number of Jacobins who renounced their earlier radicalism were also reintegrated into civil society.—
Time,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
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Hamas members who renounce violence will be granted amnesty or safe passage, while those who continue resistance will be excluded from Gaza’s future governance.—
Morgan Phillips,
FOXNews.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Oct. 2025
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Rose has denied many of the allegations and the case is ongoing.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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However, a new report from Fox NFL insider Jay Glazer directly contradicts Jones' comment while adding another star pass-rusher to the fray.—
Andrew McCarty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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Michael Cohen, an attorney for California, said Huntington Beach’s voter ID policy contradicts state law, which says no governing body overseeing elections in the state, including charter cities, can require voter identification at voting centers.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Unsay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsay. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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