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verb

past tense of abandon
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as in indulged
to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly more than ready to abandon himself to a life of complete idleness for the duration of his vacation

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Recent Examples of abandoned
Adjective
A day later his car was found abandoned but undamaged in a parking lot near Congaree National Park about 20 miles southeast of Columbia. Greg Evans, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025 According to the nonprofit, Kristin Davis found the abandoned and weak elephant calf while on a trip near Kenya's Chyulu Hills. Kelli Bender, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
Verb
As cancer progressed, mice still pursued easy rewards but quickly abandoned tasks requiring greater effort. Adam Kepecs, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025 Animal Control Officers with the Harford County Sheriff's Office found three yellow lab puppies abandoned in the woods of Havre de Grace Wednesday. Kiersten Hacker, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for abandoned
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abandoned
Adjective
  • Neither the dangerously rampant mental health afflictions among military folk nor the dehumanization and exploitation of undocumented people have gone unexplored in American cinema.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
  • By contrast, October 8, which documents the rampant antisemitism seen on university and college campuses since Oct. 7, found its distributor in December 2024 after premiering at a Creative Artists Agency event two months prior.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • On his release, Stern went on to spend the 1950s ping-ponging between New York and California, for a time living on a disused laundry barge in Sausalito.
    News Desk, Artforum, 3 Mar. 2025
  • One of the most powerful scenes in Sugarcane takes place in a disused barn where, over a period of decades, Indigenous children worked under the lash.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Netflix is continuing to seek ways to capitalize on the runaway success of the feature, which was produced by Sony under the studio’s licensing deal with the streamer.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Just a short month ago, Baldwin looked like the runaway favorite, but now both Collins and Horton have entered the picture.
    Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • When the Nazi Reich surrendered, Eisenhower commented the war was over, but not won.
    Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The Rams tightened the screws after that and surrendered only a field goal.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • According to a post on the fire department's Instagram, the pet managed to swim to a nearby island, roughly 75 feet offshore, where the dog became stranded.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Helene destroyed homes and roads, stranded residents without phone service and water, and claimed the lives of nearly 250 people throughout the Southeast.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The comedy series has been canceled after airing for four seasons on Apple TV+, its co-creator and stars confirmed.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2025
  • An author training session was canceled with no explanation.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In 2018 customers were shocked when Urban Decay discontinued one of its most iconic products, the original Naked Palette.
    Lindy Segal, Glamour, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Sony discontinued the cameras in short order.
    Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • That was enough to buy him a space on a derelict dinghy, with some 70 others, hoping soon to see England’s white cliffs.
    Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Tens of millions of lives have been upended from derelict disaster response, power outages, inhumane commute times, and the housing shortage.
    Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025

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“Abandoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abandoned. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.

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