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Recent Examples of retraction
Incorporating a sewing machine motor and colored lights, the sculpture appeared to viewers as a translucent dome across which abstract images flickered, and whose retraction into a black plastic cabinet visitors could trigger by stepping on a nearby pressure-sensitive pad.
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News Desk, Artforum, 17 Oct. 2024
The utility of this recording does not come just from what the pilots might say; the sound of a stall warning indicator or landing gear retraction or engine noise could each allow investigators to infer things about the flight's last moments.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2025
Coppola subsequently demanded a correction and retraction from the outlet, which declined to do so.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
Trump's decision to scale back his criticism of Zelenskyy, alongside a retraction of his accusations of dictatorship, fueled optimism that the Ukrainian president's upcoming visit might become a triumph of Ukrainian-US diplomacy.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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News Desk, Artforum, 17 Oct. 2024
The utility of this recording does not come just from what the pilots might say; the sound of a stall warning indicator or landing gear retraction or engine noise could each allow investigators to infer things about the flight's last moments.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2025
Coppola subsequently demanded a correction and retraction from the outlet, which declined to do so.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
Trump's decision to scale back his criticism of Zelenskyy, alongside a retraction of his accusations of dictatorship, fueled optimism that the Ukrainian president's upcoming visit might become a triumph of Ukrainian-US diplomacy.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retraction
Noun
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The conclave takes place only in the event of the pope's death or renunciation for personal reasons.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Erdoğan may need Kurdish support to run again Some analysts have said public suggestions by Erdoğan's political allies that Ocalan, the 75-year-old PKK leader, could be released in return for a renunciation of violence, form part of an effort to woo Kurdish voters.—
Willem Marx,
NPR,
1 Mar. 2025
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That worries both Da Rien and Johnston, who fear the designation could be used to justify deportations of Haitians or visa denials.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2025
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Holocaust denial has started cropping up on major podcasts including Tucker Carlson’s and Joe Rogan’s.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
1 May 2025
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The decision is a striking repudiation of Apple’s conduct in the Epic Games trial, which was decided in 2021 and appealed in 2023.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
30 Apr. 2025
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Trump’s repudiation of renewable-energy technologies stands to make the United States an outlier in the world.—
David Gelles,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Retraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retraction. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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