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Recent Examples of drop out
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
If healthier people drop out of the risk pool, fewer people subsidize the people who get sick, Gidwani said.
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Andrew Jones,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
19 June 2026
The wavelength at which the dropout occurs—determined by which filter it’s seen in—can reveal a galaxy’s approximate redshift.
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Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
19 June 2026
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Verb
Despite no drivers being seriously injured during the incident, Mayer, Alfredo, and multiple others had to drop out after experiencing significant damage to their vehicles, the outlet noted.
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Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
If healthier people drop out of the risk pool, fewer people subsidize the people who get sick, Gidwani said.
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Andrew Jones,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
Noun
Shares of Danish biotech Zealand Pharma recently plunged after detailed data on its weight loss drug survodutide showed far higher patient dropout rates than leading treatments, prompting analysts to slash peak sales forecasts and rethink the company’s obesity strategy.
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Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
19 June 2026
The wavelength at which the dropout occurs—determined by which filter it’s seen in—can reveal a galaxy’s approximate redshift.
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Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
19 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drop out
Verb
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About 71 percent of the SPAC’s cash pool stayed in the merger rather than being withdrawn by investors.
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This means they can be revised or withdrawn without legislation.
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Their name exudes the essence of an idler and slacker, but women’s loafers themselves are quite the opposite.
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This represents the loss of an idea of what the capital should represent, the removal of a place that was an idler’s haven.
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Several aspects of the turnover process affect the likelihood that a leaver will recommend their former firm.
Verb
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In it, Pearson delivered an opening monologue about his desire to quit dancing.
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Two years into what was intended to be a seven-year apprenticeship, Walton quit and followed his siblings south.
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Some critics showed little sympathy, describing her as a quitter.
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My cat, Boris, is not a quitter.
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Harper suspects Bichette, after seven seasons in Toronto, won’t be treated as a traitor.
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In other words, had become a traitor.
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Lucky Brand’s 410 model has gone on sale — all the more reason to cosign its deep indigo wash, contrast stitching, mid-rise waist, and subtle slouch.
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Cape Verde qualified by winning a group that included African powers Cameroon, so this team is no slouch.
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Gillespie also has a reputation for melding music to movies, as seen in Cruella, his 2021 movie that cast Disney villainess Cruella de Vil as a punk rock rebel in London’s fashion scene.
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The winner is the daughter of the late Alberto Fujimori, the former president whose government in the 1990s defeated the Shining Path extremist rebel group but also took an authoritarian turn.
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“Drop out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drop%20out. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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