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
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.
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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
While at a brunch with Barbour in New York City, the media mogul ditched casual jeans for an elegant denim skirt.
—Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
Certainly not the men who’ve ditched their oxfords and brogues in favor of that most casual category of non-sneaker shoe, the loafer.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2026
Upon closer investigation, nothing of interest was found; some goober probably ditched it after realizing there was no other way out of a sticky situation.
—Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 16 Apr. 2026
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
While at a brunch with Barbour in New York City, the media mogul ditched casual jeans for an elegant denim skirt.
—Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
Certainly not the men who’ve ditched their oxfords and brogues in favor of that most casual category of non-sneaker shoe, the loafer.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2026
Upon closer investigation, nothing of interest was found; some goober probably ditched it after realizing there was no other way out of a sticky situation.
—Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ditched
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Beran dumped a double onto the foul line in left field with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning to give Geneva (19-3, 8-2) the lead for good.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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The lawsuit comes after 30,000 cubic yards of debris from the White House East Wing ballroom demolition project were dumped onto the East Potomac grounds without explanation.—
Christine Valora,
The Washington Examiner,
2 May 2026
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The deer could be contaminated with CWD, and if discarded incorrectly, can spread the disease.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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The first-stage booster that had been tapped during the original attempts was discarded for a new booster.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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Policy for transporting firearms Amtrak requires firearms on its trains to be declared, unloaded, secured in a hard case and to meet certain size and weight requirements.—
Claudia Lauer,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Jerusalem — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Israel of knowingly allowing grain stolen by Russia to be unloaded at Israeli ports, threatening to impose sanctions on anyone involved in the shipments, which Kyiv says have continued despite multiple appeals to Israeli officials.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Shortstop Colson Montgomery lost control of the ball on the exchange.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Nearly 25 years after the attacks, the royal couple laid a bouquet of white flowers at the edge of the south reflecting pool, honoring the lives lost — including 67 British victims — during a brief ceremony on a chilly but sunny afternoon in lower Manhattan.—
Erin Hill,
PEOPLE,
6 May 2026
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And Sylvie, who still gazes with utmost tenderness at a black-and-white photograph, taken during her time abroad, of a nameless wailing Russian child, has permanently abandoned her own daughter by refusing to visit her.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Those plans were set aside, however, when Diamantis arrived in federal court earlier this month for a hearing and abandoned a plan to change his plea to guilty.—
Andrew Brown,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2026
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“Ditched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ditched. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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