abandoning
Example Sentences
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"AWS and Amazon can have a wildly successful business without its own frontier model," Jassy said on Thursday, but he denied it was abandoning the effort.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
But he was found not guilty of criminal damage - the charge that related to abandoning the carcasses.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
The research doesn’t suggest abandoning the traditional 70% to 80% income-replacement rule.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
“But when he played, he was another, a born winner, brave, never abandoning a play.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
While serving at a base in the Southwest, he began collecting arrowheads, a hobby that ultimately led to his abandoning geology and coming to the University of Arizona as a graduate student in archaeology.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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