virtually abandon
Frequency: 7.010.8 per million words
to almost completely stop something
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- Due to funding issues, the company had to virtually abandon the ambitious expansion project.
- The old dial-up internet service has been virtually abandoned in favor of broadband.
- The new administration has virtually abandoned the foreign policy of its predecessor.
- Since discovering e-books, I have virtually abandoned reading physical books.
- Many of the old traditions were virtually abandoned by the younger generations.
- After the initial failure, the team virtually abandoned its original strategy.
- That particular line of scientific inquiry has been virtually abandoned for decades.
- With the prevalence of smartphones, the use of public payphones has been virtually abandoned.
- The principle of neutrality was virtually abandoned during the conflict.
- If costs continue to rise, we may have to virtually abandon the entire initiative.