as in to withdraw
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as in idler
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as in leaver
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Recent Examples of drop out
Dan Perry, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Christian and Noel supported Elizabeth dropping out of Stanford
Elizabeth spent just one year at Stanford before deciding to drop out to focus on founding her company.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Sigrid is an unraveling high school dropout mourning the loss of a childhood friendship and utterly reluctant to grow up.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Gabbard then dropped out and endorsed former President Joe Biden.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Christian and Noel supported Elizabeth dropping out of Stanford
Elizabeth spent just one year at Stanford before deciding to drop out to focus on founding her company.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
In this slyly self-aware and gently comic novel, a twenty-four-year-old college dropout, Vi, who is stuck in a dead-end job and getting over a bad breakup, discovers a blob on the ground outside a dive bar.
—The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Sigrid is an unraveling high school dropout mourning the loss of a childhood friendship and utterly reluctant to grow up.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drop out
Verb
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At the 2001 event Venus withdrew with a knee injury,.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
24 Feb. 2025
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Another clash is set to play out at the U.N. on Monday after the U.S. proposed a competing resolution that lacks the same demands as one from Ukraine and the European Union for Moscow’s forces to immediately withdraw from the country.—
Matthew Lee and Aamer Madhani,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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His discoveries promise to upset the gaming tables of every school of thought that wagers on new and untested art for idlers’ rewards: the love of novelty, the will to make or unmake reputations, the wish to be hip or au courant.—
Mark Greif,
Harper's Magazine,
26 July 2024
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Their name exudes the essence of an idler and slacker, but women’s loafers themselves are quite the opposite.—
Gaby Keiderling,
Harper's BAZAAR,
19 Jan. 2023
Verb
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Dolores Catania is thinking about quitting Ozempic.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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During his confirmation hearings in late January, Kennedy falsely suggested that antidepressants were harder to quit than heroin.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Perhaps predictably, loud quitters can suffer consequences too.—
Ashton Jackson,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2025
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Imagine how much value creation is left on the table when summing the contributions from so many uninspiring efforts. Combating a Quitters' Day Culture Undoubtedly, leaders strongly influence whether a quitter's day culture emerges.—
Nate Bennett,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Keep scrolling to shop more roomy tote bags, in-between season sweaters, comfortable jeans, and stylish loafers inspired by Jennifer Garner.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
People.com,
23 Feb. 2025
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Are you surrounded by individuals who drain your energy (i.e., leeches and loafers)?—
Glenn Llopis,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Still, Vikander is no slouch, giving a heartbreaking performance as the wife (and fellow painter) who never falters in being there for her spouse.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Michael Kidd-Gilchrist was no slouch as a professional basketball player.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The president saw General Milley as a grandstander and a traitor.—
Eric Schmitt,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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With only two episodes left, faithful Britney Haynes has been recruited as the latest traitor.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Scar then proceeds to desolate the kingdom, with the help of hyenas, while Simba, in exile, grows up to become a pleasure-hunting, grub-eating sluggard.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
19 July 2019
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Clearly, supervision at your job is lax, and your sluggard classmate is taking advantage of that.—
Kwame Anthony Appiah,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2017
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“Drop out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drop%20out. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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