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Discover LudwigThe phrase "their abandoning" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to the act of someone or a group of people leaving or giving up on something or someone. Example: "Their abandoning of the project left the team in disarray and without direction."
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Much of the objectionable behavior she finds in whites -- injecting shop talk into social life, calling everyone by first names -- is attributable to their abandoning those dictates.
And lovers relapse the way drug addicts do: long after the relationship is over, events, people, places, songs or other external cues associated with their abandoning sweetheart can trigger memories and renewed craving.
Poland's leader later indicated that Carter's actions and the Soviets' difficulties in Afghanistan led to their abandoning invasion plans.
If they think he's a sure loser, they sure as hell don't want to be tied to his sinking ship – and their abandoning him could accelerate the sinking.
Afterward, the features in the resulting subset were discarded one by one, in order to examine if their abandoning would reduce the classification accuracy.
Impact appraisal resulted in their abandoning their preferred learning activities in favour of strategies like, for example, memorising lists that would bring success in assessment, which success held the key to their progressing to the next stage of the course and being able to provide care for patients, their actual goal (as opposed to merely passing the exam).
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Thousands of their abandoned homes were looted and burned.
Their abandoned tracks are what inspire Robert Mohowski of Franklin Lakes.
As their boat chugs from shore, the Union Jack flutters over their abandoned home.
He hopes Republicans will recover their abandoned communitarian traditions — but how will this happen?
Sometimes emigrants left notes on their abandoned possessions encouraging others to take what they needed.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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