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to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)
the newspaper was forced to retract the story, which turned out to be based on fabricated reporting
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Recent Examples of retracted
Dr. Debra Houry, Time, 5 Dec. 2025
Here’s how the situation unfolded and why the since-retracted comment was so controversial.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Nonetheless, the global ACV market is now valued at more than US$1 billion (2023-2024) and continues to grow – something that one retracted study is unlikely to impact.
—New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025
In 2021, Sala's work came under scrutiny for a retracted study that used flawed data.
—Elisabeth Brier, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
In 1998, former physician Andrew Wakefield and his colleagues published a since-retracted paper claiming that the MMR vaccine could cause autism in children.
—Dominik Stecuła, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2025
The threat of retracted benefits, too, is a sticking point.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026
Roadsters have an overall driving appeal, notably with tops retracted.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2026
The Wakefield Study of 1998, which claimed this was later found fraudulent and was retracted.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026
Hold two weights at shoulder level and press your arms overhead to full extension, keeping your shoulders retracted and your gaze forward.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 31 Dec. 2025
But more than 165 teachers, parents, school psychologists, special educators, administrators, and advocates signed a petition in October calling for Ball's guidance to be retracted.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 27 Dec. 2025
But Kennedy — who has made unsubstantiated claims that aluminum in vaccines is linked to rising rates of allergies and autism in children — demanded the paper be retracted.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 26 Dec. 2025
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday there were concerns that the photos inadvertently revealed the faces of victims, to the photos were retracted before being republished again.
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2025
Although Arnett served only as the TV report’s narrator, the story, retracted by CNN, proved devastating to Arnett’s career.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
Adjective
The three presenters on the hepatitis B vaccine were not vaccine scientists, and two had authored a retracted paper about autism.
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When the steering wheel is retracted, the vehicle activates a passenger airbag integrated into the instrument panel.
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Former North Crowley standout Ka’Morreun Pimpton also withdrew his name from the portal Sunday.—
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) withdrew its troops last week following a deadline from Saudi Arabia.—
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The withheld funding supports election monitoring, independent media and other pro-democracy programs abroad.—
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O'Connor is not the only beauty queen who has renounced her title in recent months.—
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Manny Diaz, mayor from 2001 to 2009, went on years later to be chairman of the Florida Democratic Party, but renounced his affiliation with the party prior to his first election.—
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In The Way to Colonos, the horror that emerges is more suppressed and internal than in the ancient texts.—
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Too long submerged in suppressed grief, Zilpha now came up from its depth like any swimmer stroking toward light and sweet air.—
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At the time, ICE had requested local officials hold him in jail, but that request was denied, the affidavit said.—
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The agency that was set to investigate before being denied access to evidence and case materials is called the Force Investigations Unit of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, part of the Department of Public Safety.—
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The two who confessed – and later recanted – were convicted of capital murder and remained in prison until DNA evidence proving their innocence led to their release in 2009, prosecutors said.—
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But a witness’ account contradicted Siebenaller’s statement.—
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Those findings, published in 2020, contradicted the earlier hypothesis and raised doubts as to whether the species should be considered a hominin at all.—
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Watch it for its skin-deep enticement, its powerful visual devices, but also its concealed malignancy.—
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“Retracted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retracted. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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