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the act of abandoning the law says abandonment by the owner of any building for more than a year entitles the city to sell it

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Recent Examples of abandonment Look no further than the abandonment of computer ranking systems of the BCS era in favor of the all-human selection committee of the College Football Playoff. Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025 Biden's executive order prohibits the transaction and mandates its full abandonment within 30 days. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025 Theunissen also previously pleaded guilty to animal abandonment in 2018 after allegedly leaving his chocolate Lab alone in a cage in his apartment when he was evicted in 2017. Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025 This update comes after authorities said in a Nov. 7 press release that three suspects had been charged, one suspect with abandonment of a person followed by death, and two others with supplying narcotics. Lauren Huff, EW.com, 31 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for abandonment 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abandonment
Noun
  • Is this the sound of happy abandon, or of the morning after?
    Mitch Therieau, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The unrestrained energy and overloaded abandon of Wolfe’s prose is inconceivable without the immediate precedent of Kerouac.
    Geoff Dyer, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The State Bureau of Investigation opened a criminal case in December regarding the management of the brigade, which has experienced high levels of desertion and issues related to staffing and management.
    Marc Santora, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire unraveled during World War I as repressed Magyar and Slavic soldiers chose desertion over duty, fleeing the battlefield.
    Jason Lyall, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2022
Noun
  • With a 53-47 majority in the Senate, Hegseth can afford only three Republican defections for confirmation if all Democrats vote against him.
    Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Such defections are a luxury that Republican leaders can’t afford this year given their narrow majority.
    Andrew Duehren, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The first one of a new era will be The Mandalorian And Grogu, based on the show, but there are plans for future movies, despite a lot of cancellations so far.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The cancellation announcement was made just hours before the gig was scheduled to begin.
    Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Is the measurement and dumping of spices into a dish even five percent of the overall challenge?
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Unregulated dumping, wire burning, and the lack of safety equipment don’t meet Western environmental and labor standards.
    Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024

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“Abandonment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abandonment. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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