abandonment

Example Sentences

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Feelings of frustration and abandonment among Australia's Muslim community were made clear on Friday, when Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke came to Lakemba mosque to mark the end of Ramadan.

From BBC

“Through abandonment,” Mr. Stuart writes, “the Maya were trying to adapt to a rapidly changing world.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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

The volunteers faced charges, including “abandonment of property” and felony harboring, though the convictions for some were later overturned.

From Los Angeles Times

Also on the list—and quite frankly, at the top of the list—was abandonment.

From Literature