1
as in dumped
to end a usually intimate relationship with
ditched his wife for a woman 30 years his junior
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as in discarded
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
we ditched the old table at the town dump
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Recent Examples of ditched
While traditional wisdom may say to avoid white linen pants after Labor Day, fashion-forward travelers ditched that antiquated rule years ago.
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Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2025
Kendall Jenner has ditched her clothes for multiple Calvin Klein underwear campaigns and has been working with the brand for years.
—Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
For the road variant, the F1 GTR Longtail ditched the rear wing, leaving an integrated ducktail spoiler off the engine cover.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025
Kate Middleton may have already ditched her new look in favor of something more traditional.
—Emily Trainham, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
In 2010, retailer Gap ditched its decades-old blue box logo for a more minimalist design.
—Ali McCadden, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
In January, the insurer ditched its traditional pharmacy benefits model, dropping CVS Caremark for third-party pharmacy benefit manager services except specialty drugs.
—Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Tiafoe will also have a new look on court this year, after signing an apparel sponsorship in January with Lululemon—becoming one in a string of prominent players who have ditched traditional outfitters like Nike and Adidas in favor of a partnership with a tennis upstart.
—Brett Knight, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
By 1996, American Airlines got rid of its base in Nashville, ditched the London flight and stopped routing connecting flights through BNA.
—Hadley Hitson, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2025
Kendall Jenner has ditched her clothes for multiple Calvin Klein underwear campaigns and has been working with the brand for years.
—Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
For the road variant, the F1 GTR Longtail ditched the rear wing, leaving an integrated ducktail spoiler off the engine cover.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025
Kate Middleton may have already ditched her new look in favor of something more traditional.
—Emily Trainham, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
In 2010, retailer Gap ditched its decades-old blue box logo for a more minimalist design.
—Ali McCadden, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
In January, the insurer ditched its traditional pharmacy benefits model, dropping CVS Caremark for third-party pharmacy benefit manager services except specialty drugs.
—Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Tiafoe will also have a new look on court this year, after signing an apparel sponsorship in January with Lululemon—becoming one in a string of prominent players who have ditched traditional outfitters like Nike and Adidas in favor of a partnership with a tennis upstart.
—Brett Knight, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
By 1996, American Airlines got rid of its base in Nashville, ditched the London flight and stopped routing connecting flights through BNA.
—Hadley Hitson, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ditched
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On the next play, Staub sent the outside guys deep and dumped it again, this time to running back Micah Welch for 25.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
13 Sep. 2025
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Within a month, IXL laid off all of the dictionary’s full-time lexicographers and dumped most of its freelancers.—
Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
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According to a criminal complaint, Briceno, whom authorities said is an undocumented immigrant, used a firearm to shoot inside the doorway of the bar and then discarded the firearm, which law enforcement never recovered.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
7 Sep. 2025
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Those with any sign of fungal disease or pest activity should be placed in a plastic bag and discarded.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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From there, the product would be unloaded, securely packaged, and transported to the cartel’s stateside distributors.—
Martin Suarez,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
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Since the beginning of the year, Green, who is CEO and chairman, has unloaded more than one million shares of the company worth nearly $200 million (pretax).—
Gigi Zamora,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Smaller dogs showed more nighttime activity and higher stress hormones in their early shelter days, and, on average, all canines lost about 5 percent of their body weight during the first two weeks.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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In Kimetsu, anger and sadness over what has been taken away or lost, and the strong desire to protect what’s dear to you, drive the battles.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
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Tropicana abandoned the glass of orange juice just six weeks after rolling it out and brought back the old orange-with-a-straw.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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The revision of Merriam’s unabridged masterpiece was abandoned.—
Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The cruise line previously scrapped stops there until October, amid ongoing violence in the country.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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His interest in aging fed into the closing joke of his 2017 special Live at Madison Square Garden, and would have been the inspiration for his 2022 directorial debut film, Being Mortal, if the film had not been scrapped following harassment complaints against star Bill Murray on set.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Ditched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ditched. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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