Workers, consumers and shopkeepers will abandon it in favor of electronic pounds or dollars transmitted from overseas.
The mast on his yacht broke in rough weather forcing him to abandon it.
But Bolivia had a further reason: the compensation paid to farmers to abandon it.
His apparent decision to abandon it dismayed voters and damaged his credibility on other issues.
Exchange-rate flexibility is more trouble than it is worth, advocates say, so abandon it once and for all.
Conversely, the value of a minority language is diminished as people abandon it.
Yet, however frustrating Cyprus may be, it would be wrong to abandon it.
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Brits developed part of the area and built an extensive aqueduct for mining, only to abandon it during the Mexican Revolution of 1910.
When you find a platform that works, extract every ounce of value and be willing to abandon it without looking back.
None of these solutions really work, so why not abandon it altogether?
But Mr Barak devoutly rehearsed the catechism before leaving, and feels that to abandon it would be political suicide for him too.
In reality, it was precisely because the gold standard was working so well that Nixon felt he had no choice but to abandon it.
In addition, some Caribbean countries such as Jamaica and Trinidad remain determined to retain it despite international pressure to abandon it or restrict its use.
Rather than update their poverty line, they propose to abandon it.
The argument for shutting it out of government is that the voters will abandon it when they see that it has no direct access to power.
The plan was to set cement plugs in the well, temporarily abandon it, and move the Deepwater Horizon off to a new drilling site within a couple days.
Then, there were people who bought onto it slowly, for political advantage, and were immediately willing to abandon it as soon as the political advantage went the other way.
You abandon it as a speaker at your peril.
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The more Americans abandon it to go mobile-only or make phone calls over the internet, the more fragile it becomes: its high fixed costs have to be spread over ever fewer subscribers.
But HP, a company synonymous with the birth of Silicon Valley, and Compaq Computer, a Houston-based firm which once pioneered PC price-cutting, may yet have to restructure their deal or abandon it entirely.
That policy may bring even higher inflation and higher oil prices in the short-run, and force the Fed to abandon it in the future, postponing a mild recession now to a deeper recession tomorrow.
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By asking him to contribute, we're vesting our hopes in the entrepreneurial model of getting things done--by making the time capsule one individual's personal project, they'll be less likely to forget about it or abandon it.
The fear is that unless conditions in the camp improve significantly, the refugees - most of whom are nomads - will abandon it, but will be unable to return home due to the ongoing conflict, says the BBC's Africa analyst Mary Harper.
Only then can America expect to gather wide support from other countries to isolate Iran and force it to abandon the nuclear path it has chosen.
At the same time, however, it refuses to abandon the idea that it is the job of the government to champion particular industries.
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Burberry has said consultations were continuing and that it did not intend to abandon Britain, where it employed almost 2, 000.
Burberry has emphasised that it does not intend to abandon the UK and it has offered Welsh staff jobs at its Yorkshire plant.
"It's time for Washington Democrats to abandon their 'go it alone' approach and work with Republicans on true reform that expands Americans' access to affordable health care, " he said.
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