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
What went unsaid, because neither EW nor anyone could tell the future, was that Hollywood was entering a crisis era for movie stars.
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Left unsaid: Denver’s run game, outside of Nix’s improvisational scrambles, floundered in the season’s biggest moment.
—Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
But left unsaid is what the Giants need to do to change that conversation.
—Howard Megdal, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Coupling up, especially among the straights, tends to leave a lot unsaid.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Left unsaid: Denver’s run game, outside of Nix’s improvisational scrambles, floundered in the season’s biggest moment.
—Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
But left unsaid is what the Giants need to do to change that conversation.
—Howard Megdal, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Coupling up, especially among the straights, tends to leave a lot unsaid.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsay
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On touchdown, investigators determined the side-stay attached to the aircraft’s right main landing gear fractured, the gear retracted, and the right wing broke between the landing gear and fuselage, which is the central part of the plane.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN,
20 Mar. 2025
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The incident unfolded after the man staged an elaborate fake proposal in front of his friends, only to retract it as a joke.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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Zoom in: The decision came shortly after USAGM special adviser Kari Lake withdrew an order to terminate the 2025 funding grant for VOA's sister broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.—
Sara Fischer,
Axios,
1 Apr. 2025
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The race attracted serious fundraising from Democrats, and was in the spotlight after President Trump withdrew Rep. Elise Stefanik's name from consideration for U.N. ambassador to avoid risking further depleting his party's already narrow majority.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2025
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This would be a permanent, binding agreement renouncing their claim to the full territory in exchange for a delimited territory south and/or east of the dividing line.—
Hannah Rae Armstrong,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Mar. 2025
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Renunciation Of Pseudo-Agile: To be truly agile today, teams must be willing to renounce what is commonly misinterpreted as agile.—
Federico Imparatta,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Finland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, citing Trump's executive order that the U.S. now only recognizes two sexes, male and female, says if the gender listed on an applicant's passport does not match their gender assigned at birth, their travel permit or visa application can be denied.—
Chandelis Duster,
NPR,
22 Mar. 2025
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The original post about Hailey's like has seemingly been removed and the model has denied the allegations through a rep.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
22 Mar. 2025
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The Trump administration argued on Thursday that California’s policy contradicts FERPA, or the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, a federal law that allows parents to access their children’s educational records.—
Dana Goldstein,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Their account contradicts what the victim’s family said during a March 12 news conference.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Unsay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsay. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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