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
But left unsaid is what the Giants need to do to change that conversation.
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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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Equally intriguing though is all the context surrounding the letter, which Lennon largely leaves unsaid, or only hints at.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2024
Left unsaid was that Neris could no longer reach and then convert a $9 million player option for next season.
—Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024
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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
Editor’s picks The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time
Equally intriguing though is all the context surrounding the letter, which Lennon largely leaves unsaid, or only hints at.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2024
Left unsaid was that Neris could no longer reach and then convert a $9 million player option for next season.
—Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsay
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Cassidy, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, extended Kennedy multiple lifelines to retract unproven claims that some vaccines could cause autism during last week’s three-hour confirmation hearing before the panel.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
2 Feb. 2025
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But publishers are often slow to retract tainted papers, even when alerted to obvious fraud.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
31 Jan. 2025
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Another clash is set to play out at the U.N. on Monday after the U.S. proposed a competing resolution that lacks the same demands as one from Ukraine and the European Union for Moscow’s forces to immediately withdraw from the country.—
Matthew Lee and Aamer Madhani,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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The survey also found that while more than half of Russians said the war had a mostly negative effect on their daily lives, compared to five months ago, fewer people supported Putin withdrawing troops without achieving the war's goals.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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The outlet said the Unwell Network has renounced all rights to Hot Mess so Earle can freely explore future opportunities.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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Like his predecessors, Xi has refused to renounce the possible use of force to unify China and Taiwan.—
Sergey Radchenko,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Feb. 2025
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Their findings paint a more complicated picture, one that her mother has denied.—
Brian Brant,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Many criticized his decision as a capitulation to Donald Trump, though Bezos denied those claims.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2025
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This contradicts the precedent set by prior direct payments, such as the Covid-19 stimulus checks, which were heavily weighted toward lower-income Americans and could create a political quagmire for Trump.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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This decision contradicts the federal directive, which warned that schools allowing transgender participation could face a loss of federal funding.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Unsay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsay. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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