abandonment
Example Sentences
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But what looks to some like abandonment feels to others like a new beginning – and that makes me excited to see how high the women in “Rooster” might fly in coming semesters.
From Salon • May 11, 2026
So going back nearly 60 years, the late Mr. Flint has been left to quietly suffer the indignities of desecration and abandonment, but for temporary intervention.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
Murphy said that was “both a technical, procedural failure itself and a strong indication of something more fundamentally problematic: an abandonment of the technical knowledge and expertise embodied by that committee.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
Kurdish education department worker Issa said the US abandonment was "a major blow to the Kurds".
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
A famous example involves Japan’s abandonment of guns.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing abandonment
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