is abandoning
- present progressive of abandon (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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In effect, he is abandoning the so-called Pottery Barn rule — “You break it, you own it” — that was popularized by then-Secretary of State Colin L. Powell before the Iraq war in 2003.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026
It doesn’t seem the company is abandoning these goals any time soon.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
“The biggest risk is not volatility; it is abandoning the plan during downturns,” Casey said.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026
This was in response to a Financial Times report Thursday night that Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves is abandoning plans to increase income-tax rates in her budget plan this month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
When one has had a nose of a particular shape for the best part of thirty years it is rather a wrench to feel that one is abandoning it for a stranger.
From A Rogue by Compulsion by Bridges, Victor
