ditch
noun
a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
is ditching
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present progressiveof ditch (3rd person singular).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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Part of the losses are due to the fact that Wall Street is ditching momentum plays this month, after aggressively chasing them in April and May.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
From fashion runways to the covers of books, a trendy “naive” aesthetic is ditching polished perfection for the deliberate messiness of childhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
OTTAWA-Canada is ditching its electric-vehicle sales mandate and replacing it with more stringent tailpipe-emissions standards for automobiles that officials project will spur carbon reduction equal to 75% EV sales by 2035.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
Ford is ditching some of its electric-vehicle plans, and while that may not sound very Tesla-like, another of Ford’s new moves does.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 16, 2025
When she’s satisfied that my mother is ditching services, she adds, “I haven’t seen her in months.”
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
