1
as in dumping
to end a usually intimate relationship with
ditched his wife for a woman 30 years his junior
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as in discarding
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
we ditched the old table at the town dump
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Recent Examples of ditching
Great for saving space and ditching questionable hotel mini toiletries.
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Julie Rousseau, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
Crawford isn’t the only A-lister ditching skinny jeans for roomier styles — Katie Holmes, Olivia Munn, and Margot Robbie have all adopted the leg-elongating denim trend.
—Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Reusable Grocery Bags Like making the switch to reusable water bottles, ditching plastic bags is a win for the environment.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025
Now, the Nuggets are ditching one of their training camp signings early.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
The Super soy subtype was engineered by the researchers giving it a heart-friendly fat profile, trimming out non-nutritive sugars, and ditching the flavor-spiking enzyme lipoxygenase.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025
Emma and Jordan successfully find Marie, and Jordan immediately confronts her about ditching them.
—Olivia Singh, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
With more and more people ditching larger sizes, the store has had to be reset multiple times.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
Give and Take All the new iPhones use eSIM worldwide, ditching physical SIM cards for good.
—PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025
Julie Rousseau, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
Crawford isn’t the only A-lister ditching skinny jeans for roomier styles — Katie Holmes, Olivia Munn, and Margot Robbie have all adopted the leg-elongating denim trend.
—Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Reusable Grocery Bags Like making the switch to reusable water bottles, ditching plastic bags is a win for the environment.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025
Now, the Nuggets are ditching one of their training camp signings early.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
The Super soy subtype was engineered by the researchers giving it a heart-friendly fat profile, trimming out non-nutritive sugars, and ditching the flavor-spiking enzyme lipoxygenase.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025
Emma and Jordan successfully find Marie, and Jordan immediately confronts her about ditching them.
—Olivia Singh, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
With more and more people ditching larger sizes, the store has had to be reset multiple times.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
Give and Take All the new iPhones use eSIM worldwide, ditching physical SIM cards for good.
—PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ditching
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Eventually, restoration efforts began when President Richard Nixon signed the Clean Water Act of 1972, which prevented businesses from dumping in waterways.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
22 Sep. 2025
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Garcia-Aquino is accused of killing Oscar and dumping his body in Ventura County.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
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Throughout the season, Boy Kavalier’s real intentions begin to take over Neverland Research Island after successfully securing the alien specimens that the USCSS Maginot had been researching in space, discarding his decade-long work on the hybrids.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
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Using 2 forks, gently shred ribs into large pieces, discarding bones.—
BJ Dennis,
Southern Living,
24 Sep. 2025
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The latest incident occurred on Wednesday morning when the 29-year-old suspect, identified by federal authorities as Joshua Jahn of Fairview, Texas, opened fire on a Dallas ICE facility, killing a detainee and leaving two others critically wounded, officials said.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Benjamin Guinness has died, leaving chaos and his towering brewery behind.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Loading and unloading your luggage during the process is a hassle.—
Mariyam Muhammad,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
19 Sep. 2025
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The port had been unloading aluminum ingots coming up the river from overseas suppliers, but recent tariff increases -- taxes on imports paid by the importer -- slowed that market.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
18 Sep. 2025
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The cyberattacks resulted in Caesars Entertainment losing sensitive customer data, according to financial filings, and MGM Resorts International properties experienced significant operational disruptions.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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Robert's mother, Evie O'Rourke, told ABC News affiliate WCVB that her son put himself between the gunman and his family, losing his life to protect them.—
Jessica Gorman,
ABC News,
22 Sep. 2025
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Witnesses claimed that after France’s embarrassing loss to Haiti, the French government retaliated by confiscating Ferdinand’s belongings and abandoning the child to an orphanage.—
Marlene L. Daut
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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Each note testified to the transformation of a society opening to the future without abandoning its roots.—
Billboard Arabia,
Billboard,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Ditching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ditching. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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