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re·tract·ed
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Princeton's WordNet
retractedadjective
drawn back and in
"a cat with retracted claws"
Wiktionary
retractedadjective
withdrawn back and in, as the claws of a cat
retractedadjective
(of a sound) pronounced further back in the vocal tract
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retracted
Retracted generally means withdrawn, taken back, or drawn back into something. It can refer to a statement or claim being withdrawn or reversed, or to a physical object being pulled back or drawn inward.
Webster Dictionary
Retracted
of Retract
Entomology
Retracted
drawn back; opposed to prominent.
Anagrams for retracted »
detracter
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of retracted in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of retracted in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of retracted in a Sentence
I don't recall The Lancet Journal study being retracted.I might have at the time heard that it was retracted, but it wasn't the only paper that was on hydroxychloroquine, my — I mean, I'm thinking back, then, my — my opinion of the effect of hydroxychloroquine was based on accumulating data from a number of studies. I don't recall specifically what those studies are now.
I don't recall it being retracted.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
I haven't changed my policy. I never retracted my speech in Bar-Ilan University six years ago calling for a demilitarized Palestinian state that recognizes the Jewish state, what has changed is the reality.
This is too little too late from this Administration, which has made abundantly clear through its actions that it views actual parental input as an inconvenience; let’s remember, this is the same set of bureaucrats that coordinated for weeks with the National School Board Association on its since-retracted letter which cited the Patriot Act, the organizations hand-picked to participate do not speak for the views of most American parents; if they did, we would not have seen such a groundswell of activism over the past few years. Families came to the sobering realization that groups like the National PTA were as ideologically compromised as the elected officials that abandoned our children. I would have hoped the Biden Administration would realize the importance of bringing many perspectives to the table - but I am not surprised that other voices are not welcome.
So, by about 2008, we started to see the vaccine rates drop as the word got through the Somali community that autism was linked to measles vaccination, in the years since then, Andrew Wakefield has actually been brought in several times to the Somali community here in Minnesota to actually give presentations supporting this information. ... His work has been retracted.
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- retraídoSpanish
- teruggetrokkenDutch
- retraídoPortuguese
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