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Six example sentences with recant, each labelled with its topic.
Under pressure from the council, the astronomer agreed to recant his claim about the planets, though he privately never doubted it.
History
After the third failed replication, the team published a note to recant the finding and asked journals to stop citing it.
Science
The candidate refused to recant her earlier position on the dam, repeating it word for word at every town meeting.
Politics
The witness tried to recant her statement on the stand, but the judge read the signed original aloud.
Law
The philosopher refused to recant his argument even after his old teacher published a pointed rebuttal.
Philosophy
The analyst had to recant his forecast when the quarterly figures came in at half his estimate.
Business
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