aborting 1 of 2

present participle of abort

aborting

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for aborting
Verb
  • The league debuted in 2017 and has mostly continued until 2025, except for canceling the season in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Headphone Deal With a hefty 71% markdown, the Yamaha YH-E700B are a good budget-conscious option for anyone in need of some wireless noise-cancelling headphones.
    Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • When lions and tigers mate in zoos, their liger cubs have suffered heart failure and other health problems (and the males seem uniformly infertile).
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 31 July 2025
  • Though one of the world's most expensive cities, Seoul leads the nation in policies to support infertile couples, offers transportation stipends for pregnant women, and provides housing subsidies to new parents.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • Moscow has shown no sign of abandoning its maximalist demands in the ongoing peace talks.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Avoid abandoning any fire without supervision.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nevertheless, Tokyo’s point man scrapping the trip seems a bad omen.
    William Pesek, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Homebuyers within the same generations are not doing much better, with 41 percent scrapping to make ends meet at the end of the month.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This latest expulsion followed an earlier Trump order revoking TPS protections granted by Biden in 2023 to another 348,000 Venezuelans, which brings the total number of expulsions of Venezuelan immigrants to more than 600,000.
    Andres Oppenheimer September 5, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Clean energy leaders said that revoking the endangerment finding also puts businesses at risk.
    Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Aborting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aborting. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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