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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recantations
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The post marks a significant shift from the President’s past disavowals of the unpopular right-wing policy blueprint, which was created by conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation ahead of the 2024 election.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025 -
But the new wave of disavowals represents the latest sign that the conflict, which has killed thousands of Palestinians, has become polarizing within the mainstream of the party.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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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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The hosts also talk about Prasad’s second exit from the FDA and a congressman’s probing of the agency’s rare disease drug denials.—
Adam Feuerstein,
STAT,
12 Mar. 2026
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Rosanna Arquette, who told The New Yorker in 2017 that Weinstein assaulted her at a hotel in the early 1990s, slammed the mogul’s ongoing denials in a statement posted to Instagram on Thursday.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Recantations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recantations. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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