Retracted is an English word with synonyms like backward. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Retracted in a sentence
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Retracted meaning
simple past and past participle of retract
Synonyms of Retracted
Using Retracted
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of retract
- Useful related words include: backward.
- In the example corpus, retracted often appears in combinations such as: retracted the, retracted his, later retracted.
Context around Retracted
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Retracted
- In this selection, "retracted" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, quickly, now, developers, support, plans and prior stand out and add context to how "retracted" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after developers retracted plans to and and has retracted support for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "retracted" sits close to words such as acadia, ae and aes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with retracted
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He later retracted the comment and apologised. (7 words)
Davis’ accuser, ex-girlfriend Vanessa Posso, later retracted her claim. (10 words)
This needs to be retracted and an apology issued," Whitta replied. (11 words)
However, he retracted this statement on 19 February after Michael O’Toole’s father James informed gardaí that the doorman had told him that the doors were locked when he was in their house at around 3am on the morning of the fire. (43 words)
Special counsel Jack Smith’s team said in a court filing last month that the IT director had retracted “prior false testimony” after being advised last summer of a potential conflict because of Woodward’s representation of Nauta. (38 words)
A spokesman said Friday Johnson does not support a city income tax and has retracted support for a “Metra tax” on suburbanites who commute to the city after considering feedback. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
A controversial 1998 paper claimed vaccines caused autism, but it was later retracted.
And when Ukraine's embassy in Tokyo initially called for volunteers to join the fight -- echoing an invitation by Zelenskyy for foreign support -- it quickly retracted it.
A spokesman said Friday Johnson does not support a city income tax and has retracted support for a “Metra tax” on suburbanites who commute to the city after considering feedback.
But, speaking ahead of City’s trip to face Arsenal on Wednesday, Guardiola has now retracted that remark and apologised to the Liverpool legend for bringing it up.
Campaigners for a country park at Shawell Quarry are celebrating after developers retracted plans to continue using the site after a temporary permit ends.
Davis’ accuser, ex-girlfriend Vanessa Posso, later retracted her claim.
He later retracted the comment and apologised.
However, he retracted this statement on 19 February after Michael O’Toole’s father James informed gardaí that the doorman had told him that the doors were locked when he was in their house at around 3am on the morning of the fire.
It once asked the people to sit at home on Mondays, and in another breadth retracted and advised them to go about their routine chores.
She said her fourth husband retracted those statements in a court hearing.
Special counsel Jack Smith’s team said in a court filing last month that the IT director had retracted “prior false testimony” after being advised last summer of a potential conflict because of Woodward’s representation of Nauta.
The minister said he had now been proven ‘guilty’, and he could not escape from the clutches of law as even Azam Khan retracted his statement.
The paper has since been discredited by health experts, retracted from the journal in which it was published, and its primary author, Andrew Wakefield, lost his medical licence.
The price of the ordinary shares retracted by 4.4%, closing the week at €1.
The public is hereby urged to abandon every negative impression it may have had against Dr. Patrick Akpobolokemi on account of the retracted publication”.
This needs to be retracted and an apology issued," Whitta replied.
Ancelotti confirmed that Bellingham's new retracted role won't change, but deeper still than him is lone pivot Aurelien Tchouameni.
Before she retracted her first complaint, the woman handed the BBC messages between the pair which included explicit images she had voluntarily sent Edwards, the paper reported.
Emphasize that once pictures are sent to others they cannot be retracted.
Following a successful demo of the system in a volunteer patient, these threads somehow retracted from the brain and caused some data loss.
Common combinations with retracted
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- retracted the 16×
- retracted his 9×
- later retracted 8×
- and retracted 8×
- retracted her 7×
- retracted and 7×
- be retracted 7×
- retracted that 5×
- he retracted 5×
- retracted this 5×