Example Sentences

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Critics suggest police are abdicating decision-making about women's safety to an algorithm.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2025

“However, yesterday’s decision, especially given its immediate implementation for winter seasons, means they are abdicating the leadership they are uniquely qualified to provide.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2022

We are abdicating our responsibility to act on the rules we make and corrupting the educational mission that universities are supposed to have.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2020

“We are abdicating a fundamental responsibility of this body if we continue to do so,” he said.

From Washington Times • Jun. 20, 2018

Diagnosing the problem as laziness, he believes that parents and students are abdicating responsibility in a process they could navigate at little cost.

From Time Magazine Archive