retract
Example Sentences
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“In a completely improper effort to exert undue pressure on Presley to retract her legitimate, truthful claims, Kruse and her co-conspirators have also sued Presley’s son, cousin, and assistant,” the statement continued.
From Los Angeles Times
Following the post, Dana-Farber sought to retract six studies and correct 31 other papers as part of a probe involving several of its researchers.
The study had so many errors that Nature has now retracted it, but what an embarrassment.
A widely cited study on economic damage from climate change was retracted Wednesday following criticism from peers.
"We plan to appeal both to the British communications regulatory authority and, if necessary, to international justice, so that the BBC is duly held accountable and retracts the false information," Kobakhidze added.
From Barron's
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