Definitions for RETREATING
re·treat·ing

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1. Retreating

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1. Retreating

   Glaciers that are currently shrinking in overall length (as measured over an elapsed span of time, usually years or decades, to date) due to melting or lack of snowfall at their source are considered to be retreating.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of RETREATING in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of RETREATING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of RETREATING in a Sentence

1. Josh Willis:

   There is enough ice in Oceans Melting Greenland to raise the sea levels by 7.5 meters, that's about 25 feet, an enormous volume of ice, and that would be devastating to coastlines all around the planet, we should be retreating already from the coastline if we are looking at many meters [ lost ] in the next century or two.

2. Doug Badger:

   If the various claims about masks and distancing and lockdowns and all the rest had produced demonstrably different results in the states where they were tried, we might argue that having a uniform approach would have been better. But the experience has been quite otherwise, and I think that's why you're beginning to see even governors who have been very supportive of restrictions and have implemented enforced restrictions are rapidly retreating from them.

3. America President Cecil Roberts:

   Shaking our fists at Washington, D.C., and retreating behind our mountains simply won't cut it anymore.

4. Arianna Huffington:

   It perfectly illustrates the current moment – right now that first retreat he’s talking about is mostly digital. That’s how we get away from ourselves — by retreating into technology and social media. But the only way to find peace and thrive is to take breaks from the world and make time to regularly renew ourselves by reconnecting with ourselves.

5. Rachel Logan:

   The government has managed to bluff their way out of this, retreating into closed hearings and constantly playing the 'national security' card, the government's entire defence has amounted to 'trust us' and now the tribunal has said the same. Since we only know about the scale of such surveillance thanks to Snowden, and given that 'national security' has been recklessly bandied around, 'trust us' isn't enough.

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References

1. ^ Webster Dictionary
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2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=RETREATING