How to Use retraction in a Sentence

retraction

noun
  • His charges were false, and he was forced to make a retraction.
  • This is as much of a retraction as Vance ever gives us!
    — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
  • The awning's size and retraction mechanism are what drives cost.
    — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 15 May 2022
  • But Young said the network fell short of a full retraction of the story.
    — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
  • It can get caught on the retraction when it is fully extended.
    — Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Nov. 2022
  • One, who had sent him a racist insult, followed up his bile with a private retraction.
    — Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
  • That letter should be followed with a retraction.
    — Paul Craney, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • West's team is asking that the show issue its retraction within two weeks.
    — Andrea Towers, EW.com, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The abrupt retraction means the land transfer will no longer take place March 11.
    — NBC News, 3 Mar. 2021
  • As is often the case when fraud is detected, the authors did not agree with the retraction.
    — Steven Salzberg, Forbes, 25 July 2022
  • The fix simply involved swapping in a much stronger link to the retraction system, and all was well.
    — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The road to this retraction shows both what is good and what is bad about the way the modern scientific method works.
    — The Economist, 2 Nov. 2019
  • And the careers of most researchers whose names are on the retractions that do happen haven’t suffered a scratch.
    — Ivan Oransky, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The recoil was smooth and easy to control using the retraction button.
    — Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Express Scripts has since sued over the report, calling for a retraction.
    — Maya Goldman, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Keep in Mind It can get caught on the retraction when it is fully extended.
    — Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Nov. 2022
  • An honest newspaper would print a large retraction.
    — Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Despite the retraction, investors are still acting as if there’s a kernel of truth to the rumors.
    — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Allowing for this, the number of retractions per journal has not gone up (chart 2).
    — The Economist, 15 Mar. 2018
  • When reeling in, the kite is depowered, to minimize the pulling force and retraction time.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 14 May 2021
  • Only two of the six authors responded to and agreed with the journal's retraction.
    — Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Trump’s lawyers are also demanding an apology and a retraction of the doc.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
  • For his part, Moray has stayed silent since issuing a retraction on Monday.
    — Motez Bishara, CNN, 9 Oct. 2019
  • The first involves the retraction of a paper that appeared to show that mask use was ineffective.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 June 2020
  • Nine of the 10 authors of the manganese sulfide paper agreed to the retraction.
    — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The following evening, the News issued what amounted to a front-page retraction.
    — Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The changes are unlikely to silence criticism of the journal in the wake of the retraction.
    — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 18 Sep. 2020
  • The retraction is just the latest blow for a product that has been a darling of celebrities and influencers.
    — Jon Hamilton, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The method reduces, if not eliminates, cranial trauma and retraction of the brain.
    — Rubén Rosario, Twin Cities, 20 May 2017
  • Gingras and Khelfaoui suspect the retraction decision was made around this time.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 28 June 2026

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