Sentence examples for abandoned the practice from inspiring English sources

He abandoned the practice of providing gladiatorial games.

Mr. Bloomberg abandoned the practice three years ago.

He also said the site abandoned the practice last year.

Most countries have virtually abandoned the practice of suing people for downloading copyrighted files.

Last year, he abandoned the practice of picking his party's presidential candidate.

But even the Bush administration, in the face of public opposition and judicial questioning, abandoned the practice after 2003.

Britain used to have many such listed firms, but largely abandoned the practice under pressure from big investors.

The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times tried charging for some online content, then abandoned the practice.

On May 1 , 1975— recalled now as May Day — Wall Street abandoned the practice of charging customers a fixed commission to trade stock.

Ibn Taymiyya inspired the father of the Wahhabi strain of Islam that is dominant in Saudi Arabia today, the 18th-century cleric Muhammad bin Abd al-Wahhab, who decreed that many Muslims had abandoned the practices of their ancestors.

The revelation turned into a public relations disaster, which forced the company to abandon the practice.