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
In fact, there is little that Obama has left unsaid about Trump in the past fifteen years.
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Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Now, there is no way to unsay it.
—Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
Left unsaid was that the former group, which included Deebo Samuel, Brandon Aiyuk and Jauan Jennings, could be unpredictable and a challenge to coaches and teammates alike.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026
The truth that is often unsaid: NFL teams are required to report each of their 30 visits to the league office, and every team in the league gets access to that information.
—Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
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Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Now, there is no way to unsay it.
—Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
Left unsaid was that the former group, which included Deebo Samuel, Brandon Aiyuk and Jauan Jennings, could be unpredictable and a challenge to coaches and teammates alike.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026
The truth that is often unsaid: NFL teams are required to report each of their 30 visits to the league office, and every team in the league gets access to that information.
—Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsay
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To be sure, while AI execs are still confident the tech will payoff—betting nearly $700 billion in the AI infrastructure buildout—big names like Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei have retracted their previous claims on AI’s ability to replace large swaths of white-collar workers.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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The Stärke’s Gen 2 retains all of this, down to the parking sensors and power-retracting soft top.—
Peter Nelson,
Robb Report,
27 May 2026
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She’s since voted to block military aid to Israel and renounced the group.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
1 June 2026
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Japan has recently taken steps to expand its defense posture, including lifting its ban on lethal arms exports and mulling changes to Article 9 of its constitution, which renounces war and the maintenance of armed forces.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
31 May 2026
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Hulst and Toomey decided to withdraw from the mile at the State meet.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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Generally, the pre-tax money that’s deposited in traditional IRAs cannot be withdrawn before age 59½ without paying a 10% early-withdrawal tax penalty, unless an exception is met.—
Sarah Agostino,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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Rivas led a recent charge to deny the renewal of Gabriella Charter School, which uses a substantial portion of the Echo Park campus where the district operates Logan Academy for Global Ecology.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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On Friday, Musk also denied a Bloomberg report that SpaceX valuation was lowered on Friday, reaffirming that the rocket and satellite company will have a blockbuster IPO and comfortably dominate against other historic IPO deals.—
Ananya Chetia,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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Despite this, Netanyahu appeared to contradict him just two hours later, announcing in a post on X that Israeli military operations would continue as planned, citing attacks from Hezbollah as the reason.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
1 June 2026
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None of this contradicts the reasonable half of the reform impulse.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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“Unsay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsay. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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