Example Sentences

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The chip abandons the standard method of spreading light into a rainbow.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

Unless the Fed abandons that risk-management framework, focusing on a narrower inflation measure would not materially change policy if inflation risks are skewed one way or another.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

"I will not be a minister who abandons yet another generation of Territory kids," Cahill said when the details of the review were announced.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The possibility of him suiting up in Wolverine yellow, sorry, maize and blue makes me want to sign onto the next Artemis mission, so long as it abandons me on Pluto.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Baba abandons his egg halfway to his mouth.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan