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retort

[ri-tawrt] / rɪˈtɔrt /




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Older generations might retort that they managed to acquire all this knowledge without the help of the internet.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

It was, she wrote, “a retort to all the eye-rollers,” including herself, who dismissed his work “as, at best, a guilty pleasure.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

For all the doomsday predictions that AI will make management consultants obsolete, Boston Consulting Group CEO Christoph Schweizer has this retort: Look at the business.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

That led Judge Perry to retort: “You are significantly undercutting your mea culpa here by standing behind the charges and continuing to vilify these particular defendants.”

From Slate May 22, 2026

But when she turned to retort, he was gone.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny




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