abandonment
Example Sentences
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It also has an innovative utility commission that created a structure allowing data-center development to occur at a faster pace while protecting rate payers from abandonment risk.
From Barron's
The sick note and abandonment of placement were "isolated incidents of these types of behaviours", the hearing concluded.
From BBC
The abandonment of babies is so unusual in modern-day Britain that the UK government no longer keeps national statistics.
From Barron's
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.
From BBC
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