- present participle of abandon.
abandoning
Example Sentences
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Tigray rebels were abandoning their regional capital in northern Ethiopia on Saturday, a local journalist and residents told AFP, as pro-government forces advanced on the city.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
This dynamic does not necessarily signal that stocks are set for an imminent reversal to the downside or that investors are abandoning equities, said Adam Turnquist, chief cross-asset strategist at LPL Financial.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
Ten months after abandoning Ole Miss to coach LSU, Lane Kiffin had returned to Oxford to deal his former employer one more indignity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
With “New Avatar,” she wanted to “dismantle and disrupt” that dissonance without abandoning her R&B roots, she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
She cared about this family, and this farm, and now she was abandoning them.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
