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
In 2010, retailer Gap ditched its decades-old blue box logo for a more minimalist design.
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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
Of the eight managers (Avram Grant, Sam Allardyce, Slaven Bilic, Moyes, Manuel Pellegrini, Moyes again, Lopetegui and Potter) David Sullivan has hired since becoming co-owner in January 2010, half — Grant, Bilic, Pellegrini and Lopetegui — were ditched midway through their contracts.
—Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Sutton ditched the gun in a bush near the scene, where it was located shortly afterward by Long Beach police.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025
Thiessen propped herself on her kitchen countertop and ditched a top for the video, letting nothing but her brunette hair cover her upper body.
—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
This time, Zelesnkyy ditched his traditional wartime garb for a dark, formal suit.
—Josh Feldman, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2025
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
Of the eight managers (Avram Grant, Sam Allardyce, Slaven Bilic, Moyes, Manuel Pellegrini, Moyes again, Lopetegui and Potter) David Sullivan has hired since becoming co-owner in January 2010, half — Grant, Bilic, Pellegrini and Lopetegui — were ditched midway through their contracts.
—Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Sutton ditched the gun in a bush near the scene, where it was located shortly afterward by Long Beach police.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025
Thiessen propped herself on her kitchen countertop and ditched a top for the video, letting nothing but her brunette hair cover her upper body.
—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
This time, Zelesnkyy ditched his traditional wartime garb for a dark, formal suit.
—Josh Feldman, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ditched
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The season will detail 10 different cases, including a Las Vegas journalist ambushed outside his residence, a body dumped in a NYC tunnel, and a mission to discover the identity of a victim found in the East River.—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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Here, they’re treated like sweet potatoes or cabbages, dumped by the dozen into large plastic bags, or piled into car trunks waiting for sale.—
Haicen Yang,
CNN Money,
5 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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On a recent morning, sweaty workers unloaded cargo boats by hand, carrying crates of beer, sacks of rice, and bags of flour on their shoulders 100 yards up the muddy riverbank to trucks waiting on the wharf.—
John Otis,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025
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Early on, Paul unloaded on Cena with some punches to the gut in the corner.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Presumably, this is because those players lost their ‘development’ period — their early teenage years — to the war.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Eastern Washington lost its opening game last week and has not had a winning season since 2021.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Sep. 2025
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Before 2014, the building was abandoned and MIA wanted to tear it down.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Drummond is blamed for the deaths of the parents, grandmother and uncle of an infant found abandoned in a home's front yard in rural west Tennessee.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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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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In January 2023, it was reported that the film at Universal Pictures had been scrapped.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Ditched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ditched. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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