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recantation

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as in retraction

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Recent Examples of recantation Sandusky will not be able to pursue federal relief based on the recantation because the petition was not exhausted in state court. — Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026 And Bishop’s formal recantation helped to fast-track the overturning of the convictions. — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 28 Jan. 2026

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More than 250 signatories to a nationwide open letter that included professors at Harvard and Stanford also called for a retraction.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
The unit requires zero maintenance on its retraction element and offers standard mounting configurations for leading industrial robot platforms, including KUKA, ABB, and FANUC.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of retraction

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These two phases of work are joined by Serra’s implicit disavowal of abstraction as a form of imagemaking in favor of an object’s aggressive purchase on the real.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Some took that disavowal not as deference but jujitsu, or a form of political psy-ops directed at the governor’s longtime frenemy.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

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This renunciation has had little impact on their progeny, who already studied them for years and viewed their content as a portrait of a viable future.

— Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 11 Aug. 2026
Then, over the following years, came sustainability and strict reuse and ascetic renunciation, and today, finally, its photo series and articles advocated for a mild, slightly quirky anticapitalist metaphysics.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026

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The denial comes in a record-breaking year for severe weather in Illinois, which leads the nation with about 212 tornadoes confirmed by the National Weather Service so far this year, according to Pritzker’s office.

— Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
The notice may identify whether the action is a suspension, revocation, denial, or disqualification; cite the statutory or administrative basis for the action; state its effective date; and provide any hearing or petition deadline.

— Karen Koehler, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026

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