abandon
verb (used with object)
to leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert.
was abandoning
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past progressiveof abandon.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"AWS and Amazon can have a wildly successful business without its own frontier model," Jassy said on Thursday, but he denied it was abandoning the effort.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Tuesday, OpenAI announced it was abandoning its video-production aspirations, giving Disney a graceful exit until the next model storms the castle.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026
Now they felt like the city was abandoning them.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
At home, the next generation of Disney fans was abandoning traditional media to spend their time with video games and virtual worlds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
She cared about this family, and this farm, and now she was abandoning them.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
