abandonment
Example Sentences
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In childhood Agathe was her sister’s caretaker, but at 15 she abruptly left for the United States, a claim for freedom that Agathe also recognizes as an abandonment.
Mr Brannan suggested the likely reason for its abandonment was that the cast and crew did not have the time or availability to record it.
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Dr Kaye says it's important to remember "the goal isn't to be perfect, it's to avoid turning one moment into a full abandonment of the plan".
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She said Nike is likely to prevail because letting a registration lapse isn’t necessarily evidence of abandonment.
The Bronze Age in the area may have been a "time of particular stress" as other burial sites in the region show evidence of famine and abandonment.
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