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
Popular Aussie band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard ditched Spotify in July to protest Ek’s investments in the military defense company Helsing, as did Xiu Xiu and Deerhoof.
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Roy Trakin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
The Dodgers have ditched that for a new cutter.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Their underground campaign ditched the standard teaser, trailer, poster and TV spots approach for a single cryptic billboard, a mysterious telephone number, and a trail of online breadcrumbs to entice fans to figure out the mystery of the film.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2025
Just as its men’s counterpart did last year, the UWCL has now ditched the old group stage format for a new league phase.
—Neel Shelat, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Creating a more seamless form of live sports distribution means essentially rebuilding the cable bundles many have ditched over the last few years.
—Maya Sweedler, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
Oliver remembers), after which Thē completely changed and ditched her.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
And in recent years, while some organizations have ditched DEI initiatives amidst a political backlash, Chiu has continued to give.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Apple ditched the titanium frame in favor of aluminum.
—PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025
Roy Trakin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
The Dodgers have ditched that for a new cutter.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Their underground campaign ditched the standard teaser, trailer, poster and TV spots approach for a single cryptic billboard, a mysterious telephone number, and a trail of online breadcrumbs to entice fans to figure out the mystery of the film.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2025
Just as its men’s counterpart did last year, the UWCL has now ditched the old group stage format for a new league phase.
—Neel Shelat, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Creating a more seamless form of live sports distribution means essentially rebuilding the cable bundles many have ditched over the last few years.
—Maya Sweedler, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
Oliver remembers), after which Thē completely changed and ditched her.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
And in recent years, while some organizations have ditched DEI initiatives amidst a political backlash, Chiu has continued to give.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Apple ditched the titanium frame in favor of aluminum.
—PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ditched
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By the numbers, Helene dumped upwards of 30 inches of rain across the region, resulting in 108 casualties, 73,000 affected homes, and $60 billion in damages for Western North Carolina alone.—
Garret K. Woodward,
Rolling Stone,
4 Oct. 2025
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Local authorities were initially called to a Maverik gas station in Cedar City, roughly 215 miles from where Kirk was shot, after Utah state officials alerted police that alleged shooter Tyler Robinson, 22, may have dumped evidence in a nearby trash can.—
Michael Ruiz , Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The team, based mainly at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, devised a method to remove the extra chromosomes by mimicking natural cell division in a way that causes one set of 23 to be discarded, leaving a functional egg cell.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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The aspects of Dalton’s theory that disagreed with reality were discarded, just as the aspects of Democritus’s ideas that didn’t align with reality were not kept as part of the theory.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
30 Sep. 2025
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For indoor storage, guns should be kept unloaded and locked in appropriate safes or lockboxes for handguns, with ammunition in a separate safe, the AAP recommends.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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Coast Guard members unloaded bales of cocaine from the cutter Midgett at the Marine Terminal in Barrio Logan on Thursday.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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Since May 2020, at least 20 homes have been lost.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Data from the commission show from 2020 to 2023, consumers lost more than $110 million in scams involving Bitcoin ATMs.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 Oct. 2025
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During a heavy storm, a Reddit user from Mumbai, India, found a cat abandoned outside a shop with her kittens—and the same cat is now the head of their household.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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That theory was strengthened when a grainy surveillance video seemed to capture the family of four crossing the border on the same day their car was abandoned.—
Mason Leath,
ABC News,
3 Oct. 2025
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Textiles have been one of the biggest beneficiaries of AGOA and, by some estimates, up to 300,000 jobs could be at risk if AGOA were scrapped.—
Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Commissioners officially scrapped the flag-raising idea after weighing input from residents, instead opting Thursday for other ways to remember the many lives lost in the 2023 attack.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Ditched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ditched. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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