ditch
noun
a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
have been ditching
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present perfect progressiveof ditch.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Investors have been ditching AI-linked stocks due to worries about surging memory-chip prices.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Colman Domingo, Ryan Gosling, Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan and Charles Melton are among the actors who have been ditching traditional black tuxes for bolder get-ups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
A growing number of Iranian women have been ditching their veils since the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman in the custody of the morality police last September.
From Reuters ● Apr. 1, 2023
Market participants have been ditching risky assets and turning to safe havens such as the dollar amid worries about an economic slowdown as energy prices surge.
From Reuters ● Jul. 7, 2022
The experiments come as consumers have been ditching their jumbo pay-TV packages in favor of smaller bundles of TV channels or streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2017
