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
Again, left unsaid, Hegseth put them there before moving them out.
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Chris Brennan, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
Kanye West) has, once again, set the net ablaze with a jaw-dropping interview that left no name unsaid.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 31 Mar. 2025
But left unsaid is how a government shutdown could help deliver on President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's key goal to drastically shrink the federal bureaucracy.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Left unsaid, but no less clear, was the fact that those same values are at stake in the success of Germany’s next government.
—Mark Sappenfield, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Feb. 2025
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Chris Brennan, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
Kanye West) has, once again, set the net ablaze with a jaw-dropping interview that left no name unsaid.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 31 Mar. 2025
But left unsaid is how a government shutdown could help deliver on President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's key goal to drastically shrink the federal bureaucracy.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Left unsaid, but no less clear, was the fact that those same values are at stake in the success of Germany’s next government.
—Mark Sappenfield, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsay
Verb
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The smooth and sturdy wheels roll easily across any surface, and the handle can retract into 12 different positions.—
Ramsey Qubein,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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The paper was subsequently retracted due to questions regarding the validity of the data.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
28 May 2025
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Macron made the remarks as the U.S. is considering withdrawing troops from Europe to shift them to the Indo-Pacific.—
DAVID RISING,
Arkansas Online,
31 May 2025
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Greenwood never played for his boyhood club again, despite the charges being dropped in February 2023 when the prosecution’s main witness withdrew her cooperation.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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The measure shows how Florida’s flagship institution is formalizing political expectations for Ono, who conservative critics have renounced as a left-wing opportunist feigning opposition to DEI to appease the state’s Republican base.—
Garrett Shanley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2025
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Yes, but once you are naturalized, you are considered fully Argentine in the eyes of the law, and citizenship cannot be renounced.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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The university in January 2024 denied Tucker’s appeal of the findings.—
Kenny Jacoby,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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Small business owners should not be denied access to their customers because of the government’s desire to place unnecessary restrictions on commerce.—
Julian Canete,
Oc Register,
4 June 2025
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Reversing the recommendation for vaccinating healthy pregnant women thus contradicts the new framework described by the FDA.—
Libby Richards,
The Conversation,
29 May 2025
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Some of the video footage appeared to contradict Kemp's account of the events in question.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2025
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“Unsay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsay. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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