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Recent Examples of recantation
And Bishop’s formal recantation helped to fast-track the overturning of the convictions.
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Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 28 Jan. 2026
Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 28 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recantation
Noun
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An honest newspaper would print a large retraction.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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Since Cohn had signed the letter asking for retraction, the lead inquirer did not report to him.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But with Rourke’s strong disavowal, Hines also wanted to assure fans that there was nothing shady about the GoFundMe.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
6 Jan. 2026
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The 2025 version manages just eight mentions, including a sharp disavowal.—
Newsweek Editors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Annual renunciations surged to a record high of 6,705 in 2020, with numbers remaining elevated ever since, according to immigration services company Boundless.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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Oddly, the move comes not as a renunciation but as a new adventure.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Trump has also left the door open to resuming nuclear deal negotiations that collapsed last summer, something the regime has signaled openness to despite their denials of ever desiring or possessing nuclear weapons.—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Feb. 2026
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Emily Bavar, editor of the newspaper’s Florida Magazine, had face-to-face denials from Disney, but also stacks of clues from him that suggested otherwise.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2026
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This statement, which the central bank posted on its website, amounted to an unprecedented repudiation of a President by a sitting Fed chair.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
15 Jan. 2026
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But the result in Canton has been the same as in Quincy — an utter repudiation of the tawdry good-old-boy crew.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Recantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recantation. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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