abandon
Example Sentences
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But an underlying risk that investors have long identified is the interchangeability of their products, and the ease with which customers can abandon one for the other.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
But how does the brain know when it's time to abandon an old strategy and try something new?
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
France and Germany said on Monday they had agreed to abandon a joint fighter jet programme due to disagreements between the companies involved, in a blow to European efforts to boost defence cooperation.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
She nailed complex paradiddles and splashed nearly a dozen cymbals with abandon.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
“I want to be a hero. And heroes don’t abandon their friends.”
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
Vocabulary lists containing abandon
Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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"The Perils of Indifference," Vocabulary from the speech
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"The Story of an Hour"
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