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
Again, left unsaid, Hegseth put them there before moving them out.
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Chris Brennan, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
Kanye West) has, once again, set the net ablaze with a jaw-dropping interview that left no name unsaid.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 31 Mar. 2025
But left unsaid is how a government shutdown could help deliver on President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's key goal to drastically shrink the federal bureaucracy.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Left unsaid, but no less clear, was the fact that those same values are at stake in the success of Germany’s next government.
—Mark Sappenfield, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Feb. 2025
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Chris Brennan, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
Kanye West) has, once again, set the net ablaze with a jaw-dropping interview that left no name unsaid.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 31 Mar. 2025
But left unsaid is how a government shutdown could help deliver on President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's key goal to drastically shrink the federal bureaucracy.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Left unsaid, but no less clear, was the fact that those same values are at stake in the success of Germany’s next government.
—Mark Sappenfield, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsay
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In her announcement, Dhillon said the department would retract accusations made under the Biden administration that the departments violated either Floyd’s or Taylor’s constitutional rights.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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Startling cell phone video shows a first responder on a ladder trying to help victims when the extended top half of the ladder appears to retract as the victim comes tumbling out of the widow.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
20 May 2025
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Macron made the remarks as the U.S. is considering withdrawing troops from Europe to shift them to the Indo-Pacific.—
DAVID RISING,
Arkansas Online,
31 May 2025
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President Trump plans to withdraw his nomination of Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur and close associate of Elon Musk’s, who was on track to be the next NASA administrator.—
Jonathan Swan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 May 2025
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The handsome and charismatic Lord Edward Fitzgerald, an Anglican son of a duke, renounced his title and commanded the society’s militia.—
Joseph Patrick Kelly,
The Conversation,
20 May 2025
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Saxon is all about getting off, and Piper (Sarah Catherine Hook) is renouncing the materialistic.—
Dory Jackson,
People.com,
5 May 2025
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At the very least, there’s no denying that Stewart has artistic conviction.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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The Boise City Council denied that appeal in April in a 4-1 vote, with Council Member Luci Willits the lone dissenter.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
23 May 2025
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Reversing the recommendation for vaccinating healthy pregnant women thus contradicts the new framework described by the FDA.—
Libby Richards,
The Conversation,
29 May 2025
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Though police initially believed her, forensic evidence and cellphone records contradicted her claims, and in 2022, Sherri admitted the entire abduction had been staged.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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“Unsay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsay. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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