abandonment
Example Sentences
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Instead, the Backrooms provide a collectively imagined and online environment of unease, abandonment and liminality.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
The charity fears the abandonment could be the first of many following legislation introduced in April which requires all primates kept as pets in England to be licensed.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
As this “POV” entry tells us, it was more likely the advancement of pregnancy screenings, selective termination and even abandonment that led to the currently lopsided state of love.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
But urbanisation, changing land use and the abandonment of grazing and other traditional farming practises, appear to have significantly reduced available food sources, the wildlife groups noted.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
A famous example involves Japan’s abandonment of guns.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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