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Recent Examples of quitter
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.
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Nate Bennett, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
So maybe Miami’s best player and three-time captain is a quitter too.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Europe and its growing pool of quitters The Great Resignation may have taken off in the U.S., but Europeans haven’t been spared.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 20 Nov. 2024
Since her comeback post-Tokyo, Biles has spoken openly about the trolls who call her a quitter.
—Dana O'Neil, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
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Nate Bennett, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
So maybe Miami’s best player and three-time captain is a quitter too.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Europe and its growing pool of quitters The Great Resignation may have taken off in the U.S., but Europeans haven’t been spared.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 20 Nov. 2024
Since her comeback post-Tokyo, Biles has spoken openly about the trolls who call her a quitter.
—Dana O'Neil, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quitter
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Floundering in his career and stressed about planning his wedding, Yvan’s woes compound when his oldest friends turn their insults on him, calling him a coward, an amoeba and a fan of motel art.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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That’s when one coward hit me from behind with a backpack.—
Brie Stimson , Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Demetric Scott was a high school dropout starting a life of frequent cocaine use and brushes with the law around the same time another teenager, Ramon Morales Reyes, was beginning his journey as an undocumented immigrant in America.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
10 June 2025
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Their early symptoms, Nigg found, are often the beginning of a diagnostic cascade that leads to real problems in adolescence and adulthood, including school dropout, criminal behavior and elevated risk of serious injury or early death.—
Paul Tough Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Brian St. Pierre,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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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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And there’s the awkward fact of Giuliani’s having failed, in spite of his most abject scheming, to manage to overturn the presidential election that Donald Trump lost to a wobbly poltroon on the edge of 80.—
Kevin D. Williamson,
National Review,
15 Jan. 2021
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When did conservatives become such a miserable gaggle of public poltroons?—
Charles P. Pierce,
Esquire,
13 Apr. 2017
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Try to include lean protein sources in each meal, like chicken, fish, beans, and legumes.2829 Regular exercise: Include strength training and cardiovascular exercises, such as swimming or brisk walking, into your routine to build muscle and burn fat.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
4 June 2025
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There will also be a carving station with tri-tip, barbecue chicken, hot links and pork ribs.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2025
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If your dad basically lives in cozy slippers 24/7, consider gifting him these Skechers slip-on loafers for Father’s Day.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2025
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Large blond walnut tables are inspired by desks traditionally used in literary salons and libraries, ideal for the Miu Miu gal, a book and film lover who lives for discussion, analysis and the perfect pair of napa leather loafers.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
11 June 2025
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Her fellow rookie draft pick, Sonia Citron, is no slouch either, with the duo comprising half of the 2025 rookie class scoring in double figures this season.—
Devin Robertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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Bowen-Fontenot is no slouch in the longer hurdle event.—
Steve Brand,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 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
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“Quitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quitter. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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