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as in miscarrying

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verb

present participle of abort
as in canceling
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to) had to abort the mission to Mars when they lost contact with the satellite

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Recent Examples of aborting
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Meanwhile, Antonelli made the mistake of aborting his lap, thinking there were double yellow flags. — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 1 July 2026 The crew coordinated with air traffic control and performed a go-around, which involves aborting a landing attempt and climbing away from the runway, to avoid an American Airlines plane that was departing from an intersecting runway, The Guardian reported. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026 Apollo 13 zoomed around the Moon after famously aborting its lunar landing mission. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026 Just before Sunday’s collision, controllers were dealing with another plane that had declared an emergency after aborting a takeoff and smelling an odor on the plane. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026 An investigation by the Spanish outlet La Marea uncovered contracts that restricted women’s movements during pregnancy, including clauses prohibiting travel abroad or aborting the fetus. — Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025 San-ho enters the code, aborting the strike. — Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aborting
  1. infertile
  2. canceling
  3. abandoning
  4. scrapping
  5. revoking
Adjective
  • The fact that [Ruben] is infertile and what that means to his manhood, and his ability to be masculine and reproduce and have a son.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026
  • Queen wasps can live up to a year, while worker wasps, infertile females that build and defend the nest, live two to three weeks.
    — Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
Definition of infertile
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  • From premium noise-canceling headphones to budget-friendly wireless earbuds, these are the standout offers still active right now.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026
  • The same goes for pedestrians, who increasingly are glued to phones and engrossed in noise-canceling headphones.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of canceling
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  • This is self-transcendence—not abandoning the self but expanding beyond a narrow sense of it.
    — Yujia Zhu, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • While tackling expensive debt is a smart financial decision, abandoning your retirement has consequences.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Definition of abandoning
Verb
  • On both counts, though, Book is cautiously optimistic that Congress might reverse course on scrapping those programs.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
  • Now Starmer is going due to unpopularity, largely self-inflicted, after policy errors including scrapping the pensioners’ winter fuel allowance, hitting small farmers with inheritance tax increases and appointing a close friend of the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein as ambassador to Washington.
    — Ian King, CNBC, 24 June 2026
Definition of scrapping
Verb
  • Another decision allows the administration to proceed with revoking temporary legal status for hundreds of thousands of immigrants.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 26 June 2026
  • Zelensky formally responded on Saturday in a decidedly undiplomatic post on X, subtly trashing the Polish government for revoking his award while not doing so with other historical awardees that many would object to.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 20 June 2026
Definition of revoking

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