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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
Saint Louis dropped its men's and women's teams April 27, Illinois State cut the men's side April 28 and North Dakota ditched both April 30.
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Arkansas Online, 12 May 2026
Some 3,339 fans have ditched work to take in what would prove to be a 10-inning game, while the precise number of viewers who’ve tuned in from home is never recorded.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 May 2026
Unlike the tokamak and stellarator approaches used by other companies, Zap Energy has ditched superconducting magnets and a cooling system to generate its plasma.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026
Twenty years ago, Julia Hartz ditched a budding career at MTV and FX, drove up the coast of California, and bootstrapped ticketing platform Eventbrite with her two cofounders.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 May 2026
Data from that device led police to a location where Tate had ditched the jacket he was seen wearing on video while committing the armed robbery.
—Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Kerss is a master at breaking the complicated information down into manageable bites for those of us who ditched science after high school.
—Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
Vertebrates ditched their body armor and scales for smooth skin; cephalopods lost their external shell.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
Politicians ditched their campaign trails and rushed back to New Delhi for the three-day special session as Modi and his ministers pressed hard for the passage of the bill.
—Menaka Doshi, Bloomberg, 21 Apr. 2026
Arkansas Online, 12 May 2026
Some 3,339 fans have ditched work to take in what would prove to be a 10-inning game, while the precise number of viewers who’ve tuned in from home is never recorded.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 May 2026
Unlike the tokamak and stellarator approaches used by other companies, Zap Energy has ditched superconducting magnets and a cooling system to generate its plasma.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026
Twenty years ago, Julia Hartz ditched a budding career at MTV and FX, drove up the coast of California, and bootstrapped ticketing platform Eventbrite with her two cofounders.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 May 2026
Data from that device led police to a location where Tate had ditched the jacket he was seen wearing on video while committing the armed robbery.
—Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Kerss is a master at breaking the complicated information down into manageable bites for those of us who ditched science after high school.
—Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
Vertebrates ditched their body armor and scales for smooth skin; cephalopods lost their external shell.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
Politicians ditched their campaign trails and rushed back to New Delhi for the three-day special session as Modi and his ministers pressed hard for the passage of the bill.
—Menaka Doshi, Bloomberg, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ditched
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The movie clocks in at 97 minutes and was reportedly shot in 2023, and it’s currently being dumped into theaters by Black Bear after Lionsgate decided not to release it last year, so maybe all the interesting stuff was cut along the way.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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The conglomerate also dumped a number of other stocks, including Visa, Mastercard, Domino’s Pizza, Amazon and United Healthcare after the departure late last year of Todd Combs, who was one of the two investment mangers Buffett hired to help manage the portfolio.—
Josh Funk,
Fortune,
15 May 2026
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Some of the visceral mechanisms that gave it life have to be discarded.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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Interestingly, the blowing agent is derived from oyster shells discarded by the seafood industry, and the magnesium and calcium are sourced as natural byproducts of seawater desalination.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
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The New Corolla, an oil tanker that traveled through the Strait of Hormuz before heading to California, recently unloaded its cargo in Long Beach.—
Angela Rodriguez,
Sacbee.com,
13 May 2026
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Nicole TungA Burmese dockworker sorting different fish species after a catch from a Thai vessel was unloaded in Ranong, Thailand, in January 2025.—
Jay Ganglani,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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In the same time frame, inner-ring suburbs have lost residents.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Hiba, who was pregnant, temporarily lost consciousness.—
Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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The Ligue 1 clash between FC Nantes and Toulouse FC was abruptly abandoned.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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But, as the Shale Revolution gained steam, all of those import facilities were either abandoned or converted to exports and have been joined by dozens of competing terminals.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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“Ditched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ditched. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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