abandon
Example Sentences
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In 2021, the government abandoned plans to reform the sector after months of intense protests that blocked the national capital's highways and led to Delhi's historic Red Fort complex being stormed by tractors.
From Barron's
In 2018, amid pressure from thousands of employees, Google abandoned a contract with the Pentagon known as Project Maven to develop more efficient drone technology for use by the US military.
From BBC
Visa ultimately abandoned the transaction, but the Justice Department sued the company four years later alleging it monopolized debit markets.
“As the U.S. industry retreats behind a wall of tariffs and abandoned EV plans, Asia has taken the torch.”
From Los Angeles Times
Talks between Rio Tinto and Glencore to create the world’s largest mining company were abandoned after they couldn’t reach a deal by a Feb. 5 deadline set by a U.K. regulator.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
