Example Sentences

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In recent years, an increasing number of consumers have been abandoning their favorite brand-name potato chips for cheaper, generic options.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2025

In making the switch, consumers have been abandoning highly profitable cable channels, such as Paramount’s MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2023

Companies have been abandoning defined-benefit plans, with their open-ended costs in case investments do not perform well.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2014

It also promises predictable expenses for employers, who have been abandoning traditional pensions for decades because of what they see as their high cost.

From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2013

No other country has a law like it, and countries have been abandoning related laws that give them criminal jurisdiction over foreign human rights violators.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2013