marooning

verb

Definition of marooningnext
present participle of maroon
as in leaving
to cause to remain behind sailors marooned on a desert island

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  1. leaving
  2. abandoning
  3. dumping
Verb
  • The fight drew about 74 million viewers globally, but strained the servers, leaving many viewers with buffering screens and anger.
    Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Each boat must clear 700 inspection points, from bow to stern, before leaving the factory’s garage doors.
    Jaclyn Trop, Robb Report, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of leaving
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  • Fink and Mellon’s efficiency-minded approach, abandoning unprofitable track and cutting the number of workers required to operate trains, sparked major labor strikes but also helped modernize the industry.
    Zach Everson, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Also, abandoning traditional in-room extras such as plastic water bottles, toothbrushes and shampoos are now top priorities for hoteliers across the globe.
    Roger Sands, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of abandoning
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  • As the year winds down, so does investors’ practice of dumping their biggest losers late in the year to realize capital losses and then use them to offset capital gains and save on taxes.
    Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
  • This anecdotal evidence backs up the notion that H5N1 both has a hard time getting into a human cell as well as, once there, dumping a ton of genetic info into it.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of dumping
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