abandons
- present tense form of abandon (3rd person singular).
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
She abandons her academic and career ambitions, takes a job as a court interpreter, and marries Michael, an affable nurse who has little idea of her emotional burdens.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
"If the US abandons its standards, we aren't 'saving' the American auto industry; we are leaving it on an island of obsolete technology," Oge wrote in Forbes.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
The black boy is born in Daytona Beach, Florida, and his mother abandons him at the age of two.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
