Withdrawn back and in, as the claws of a cat.
Used in a Sentence
retracted
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for retracted.
Editorial note
It's likely that there were more advantages to any male with dangling gonads over retracted.
Examples16
Definitions3
Parts of speech1
Quick take
Withdrawn back and in, as the claws of a cat.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of retracted gathered in one view.
(phonetics, of a sound) Pronounced further back in the vocal tract.
(heraldry) Couped bendwise: cut off by a line diagonal to the main direction.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for retracted.
adjective
Withdrawn back and in, as the claws of a cat.
adjective
(phonetics, of a sound) Pronounced further back in the vocal tract.
adjective
(heraldry) Couped bendwise: cut off by a line diagonal to the main direction.
Example sentences
It's likely that there were more advantages to any male with dangling gonads over retracted.
If it is intentional, you should have your work rejected or retracted and, frankly speaking, you should most likely leave the field.
A major sociology paper was just retracted in Science, on of the worlds leading journals, because a grad student faked the data.
Green has retracted his paper by way of essentially accusing LaCour of falsifying data.
If it is unintentional, you should have your work rejected or retracted.
The findings of this study have been formally retracted by the author.
Green, the primary author, retracted it when LaCour, the grad student, failed to do so.
> They didn't handle media very well this launch, what with the fumbled video release and then a retracted tweet.
(I actually also have a model where the internal loose-tea-holding-pod can be retracted from the water with a little lever!
Then, if this were in person, the public shaming and social penalties would begin and wouldn't stop until I gave an unqualified apology and retracted all previous statements.
An academic publisher worth their salt would, for instance, not only be able to flag articles that have been retracted—that this is not currently standard practice is, again, inexcusable—but would be able to flag articles that depend in some meaningful way on the results of retracted work.
One of the worst things that happened is the pernicious belief (mostly popularized by Jeff Atwood in his blog[1]) based on an non-peer-reviewed, and later retracted study[2] that implied that programming ability is a genetic trait, instead of just a skill and a craft like any other.
Quote examples
They were retracted in the 90s because of public outcry that the vaccines "cause arthritis" in much the way that people today outcry that vaccines "cause autism".
And to be more precise, when I say "end useful discussion" mean that until the bad assumption is retracted, progress towards real understanding and, consequently, good solutions, will be difficult.
"A Rape on Campus" is an article by Sabrina Erdely published in the December 2014 issue of Rolling Stone,[1] which has since been debunked and retracted by the publisher.
HN mods: Techcrunch have retracted their original headline as this ruling only applied to a single driver, could we get the HN headline updated accordingly to "Uber Driver Deemed Employee By California Labor Commission"?
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use retracted in a sentence?
It's likely that there were more advantages to any male with dangling gonads over retracted.
What does retracted mean?
Withdrawn back and in, as the claws of a cat.
What part of speech is retracted?
retracted is commonly used as adjective.