ditch
noun
a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
are ditching
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present progressiveof ditch.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Some of those attending the much talked about festival, which takes place over two weekends each year in Palm Springs, California, are ditching hastily assembled pop-up tents and crumpled gazebos.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
A big reason investors are ditching private credit is because they’re scared its loans are about to go bad.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
But now a cadre of bureaucrats in Paris’s gilded Quai d’Orsay are ditching their carefully worded communiqués in favor of a stream of real-time X posts that mix self-mockery and sarcasm…in English.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
A growing number of therapists are ditching their couches to treat patients outdoors.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
We are ditching our Sociology Seminar, and Kara is filling every space with nervous chatter, and when she laughs her black bobbed hair shakes like a skirt at her shoulders.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
