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noun

withdrawal

CEFR B2

a retraction of a previously held position

In a sentence

Six example sentences with withdrawal, each labelled with its topic.

  • The witness's withdrawal of her earlier statement forced the prosecutor to rebuild the timeline from phone records alone.

    Law

  • A quiet withdrawal of the 2019 paper followed once three labs failed to reproduce the headline result.

    Science

  • His withdrawal of support for the treaty came a week after the party's leadership changed hands.

    Politics

  • The supplier's withdrawal of its earlier price quote forced the buyer to reopen talks with two rivals.

    Business

  • The bank's public withdrawal of its recession forecast surprised traders who had positioned for a downturn.

    Economics

  • The poet's withdrawal of her harsh preface, in the second edition, softened a feud that had run for years.

    Literature

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