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Recent Examples of drop out
Anantaajith Raghuraman, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
The Dallas area has dropped out of the nonprofit Milken Institute's annual list of the top 10 best economically performing cities.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 28 Dec. 2024
Scott began her retail career as a 19-year-old college dropout who hoped to provide fashionable hats to women receiving chemotherapy treatments.
—Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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Verb
The alarm bells are ringing at the Parc des Princes with their chances of dropping out in the league phase at 33 per cent and a tricky visit to Stuttgart to come after the City game.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
The Dallas area has dropped out of the nonprofit Milken Institute's annual list of the top 10 best economically performing cities.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
The success of dropouts like Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Apple’s Steve Jobs, and Facebook/Alphabet’s Marc Zuckerberg were exceptions to such findings.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 28 Dec. 2024
Scott began her retail career as a 19-year-old college dropout who hoped to provide fashionable hats to women receiving chemotherapy treatments.
—Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drop out
Verb
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After building pressure, Biden withdrew from the race and quickly endorsed Harris.—
Ed O'Keefe,
CBS News,
31 Jan. 2025
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So far, however, the status has been withdrawn only from Venezuelans.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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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Does that mean everyone should quit drinking immediately?—
Jamie Ducharme,
TIME,
28 Jan. 2025
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President Donald Trump is not quitting his campaign to convince the leaders of Egypt and Jordan to take in Palestinians whose homes have been destroyed in Gaza.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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
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So maybe Miami’s best player and three-time captain is a quitter too.—
Tim Graham,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
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Flat Shoes Ultra flat shoes were an unexpected trend that popped up on the spring 2025 runways in an array of styles like loafers, slippers and boat shoes.—
Layla Ilchi,
WWD,
31 Jan. 2025
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For footwear, the model opted for low-profile black loafers worn with white socks, naturally.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Here's How Fans Saved It Delta is a modern remake of the game that updates its visuals to better achieve the cinematic luster that the original had in its sights, although the 2004 version was no slouch.—
Ashley Bardhan,
Rolling Stone,
6 Feb. 2025
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Rookie nickel back Cooper DeJean is no slouch either.—
Mike Preston,
Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Senator Michael Bennet, D-Colo., hammered Gabbard on her refusal to characterize Snowden as a traitor.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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Anyone who refuses to label a traitor to the U.S. as a traitor is completely unqualified to lead our intelligence community.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 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 9 Feb. 2025.
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