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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
First, Cameron Diaz ditched stilettos for ballet flats, and now Carrie Underwood just showed off another comfy (yet totally polished) alternative.
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Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Margot Robbie has ditched the hot pink Barbie Land in favor of the windswept moors of Wuthering Heights, and her hair has too!
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 27 Jan. 2026
Priyanka Chopra ditched her glam squad while en-route to India on January 26.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 27 Jan. 2026
By 2021, however, Zhang had ditched the corporate suite for indie producing, with her first project being Catherine Hardwick’s Prisoner’s Daughter, starring Kate Beckinsale and Brian Cox and premiering in Toronto in 2022.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 23 Jan. 2026
Last year, the team effectively ditched plans to build a new stadium in a space next to the Coliseum known as the Malibu Lot, citing complications.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2026
Roberts, who was also nominated for best actress in a motion picture (drama), ditched her signature auburn for a warm, coppery blonde.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2026
Shortly after the pursuit began, the suspects ditched the car in the 11100 block of Archwood Place and ran away from the officers.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
That includes a public stop at a Florida Steak ‘n Shake in March after the chain ditched vegetable oil for beef tallow.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 7 Jan. 2026
Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Margot Robbie has ditched the hot pink Barbie Land in favor of the windswept moors of Wuthering Heights, and her hair has too!
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 27 Jan. 2026
Priyanka Chopra ditched her glam squad while en-route to India on January 26.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 27 Jan. 2026
By 2021, however, Zhang had ditched the corporate suite for indie producing, with her first project being Catherine Hardwick’s Prisoner’s Daughter, starring Kate Beckinsale and Brian Cox and premiering in Toronto in 2022.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 23 Jan. 2026
Last year, the team effectively ditched plans to build a new stadium in a space next to the Coliseum known as the Malibu Lot, citing complications.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2026
Roberts, who was also nominated for best actress in a motion picture (drama), ditched her signature auburn for a warm, coppery blonde.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2026
Shortly after the pursuit began, the suspects ditched the car in the 11100 block of Archwood Place and ran away from the officers.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
That includes a public stop at a Florida Steak ‘n Shake in March after the chain ditched vegetable oil for beef tallow.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ditched
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Global funds had dumped Indonesian bonds from September to November, before returning in the final month of 2025.—
Prima Wirayani,
Fortune,
30 Jan. 2026
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With the big snowstorm that just dumped more than a foot of snow across most of the state, Volkert also said residents should be diligent about clearing snow away from any vents to their home.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
30 Jan. 2026
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In 2019, discarded e-waste globally was valued at more than $57 billion.—
Kristen Edgreen Kaufman,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Short’s personality and complexity, attributes long discarded as her life became bastardized, stand in stark contrast to the inhumanity of her death.—
Nathan Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Walz still doesn’t know the names of the agents who unloaded their firearms into Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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As dozens of people lined the docks to watch, volunteers and biologists carefully unloaded the large mammals from the back of a SeaWorld box truck onto the boat ramp.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
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The head of a medical watchdog group unleashed on Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) after a nurse at the school's hospital lost her job over TikTok videos that went viral for all the wrong reasons.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Italians fought and lost to Robert Moses’s wrecking whims; Puerto Ricans who could fled to Jersey for the privilege of a backyard.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, Eli, who was adopted by a white woman as a child, has mostly abandoned any ties to his ethnic background.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
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Forensic experts testified that tiny fragments of flesh found inside William McGuire’s abandoned Nissan Maxima belonged to the victim and were not consistent with material shed by a living person.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Ditched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ditched. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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