Canceling Asynchronous Tasks with JavaScript AbortController

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The article explains how to cancel JavaScript async work with AbortController and AbortSignal.
It covers abort events, checking the abort reason, and canceling fetch requests, including handling successive requests.
It also shows how AbortSignal.timeout() can automatically cancel slow operations with timeouts.
These patterns help prevent stale responses and unnecessary work in features like search autocomplete.
