as in to abandon
to stop doing (something) permanently
we warned him to lay off of the cigarette smoking
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High in the thin Alaskan air, where abundant oxygen had long abandoned such firmaments for lower altitude, five women knelt circled against the piercing cold.—
Cassidy Randall,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025 -
The suspension of programs supporting the promotion of democracy in authoritarian countries, a bipartisan U.S. foreign policy for decades, has left experts wondering if the Trump administration has abandoned that goal.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
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Since then, more than a dozen, mostly smaller Florida municipalities, including Winter Haven, Tavares, Longwood and Leesburg, have voted to discontinue adding fluoride to their water.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Orlando Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2025
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Davis lost, but when write-in nominee Hal Mohr won for his cinematography in A Midsummer Night's Dream the following year, the practice was discontinued forever.—
Lester Fabian Brathwaite,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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As the countdown moves closer to the end of Windows 10 support this October, here are some compelling reasons to quit Windows and give Linux a try.—
Jason Evangelho,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Joe Biden’s third-highest-ranking DOJ official, Matthew Colangelo, quit the DOJ in November 2022 to join Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg three days after Trump announced his 2024 run.—
Carl Burdette,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Mar. 2025
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And in some of Africa's highest functioning democracies, political satisfaction with pluralistic systems has dropped precipitously.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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Last month, Deere reported that its quarterly revenue dropped 35% as more farmers retained their aging equipment or switched to rentals due to weak incomes and high borrowing costs.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Lay off (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lay%20off%20%28of%29. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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