leaver

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Noun
  • The state tied with four others — Idaho, Alaska, New Mexico and Washington, D.C. — for the highest dropout rate.
    Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2025
  • Add the med school dropout from the tech event who thoroughly impressed you.
    Lewis Wynne-Jones, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • Modern American presidents have called their domestic political opponents, or enemies, many things over the years, but never a traitor.
    Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 28 July 2025
  • In the game, traitors are secretly chosen at the outset while the remaining contestants must work together to unmask them before being eliminated themselves.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • The attackers were members of the Islamist Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a sanctioned rebel group with roots in Uganda.
    Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2025
  • While Kurdish factions remained largely neutral in the civil war between Assad and rebels, alternatively fighting with one side or the other at various times, the Iran- and Russia-backed Syrian ruler's comeback from defeats in the earlier stages of the war paved the way for potential partnerships.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • The turncoats are John Hannah, Biggie Munn, Bo Schembechler and Burt Smith.
    Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 9 July 2025
  • Some have likened Barrett to the late Justice David Souter, who was appointed by Republican President George H.W. Bush and later branded a turncoat.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 25 June 2025
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“Leaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaver. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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