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Recent Examples of quitter
Since her comeback post-Tokyo, Biles has spoken openly about the trolls who call her a quitter.
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Dana O'Neil, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
For another quitter, what would have been a straightforward business took a bizarre turn.
—Samra Zulfaqar, CNN, 31 Aug. 2024
Cai explained that introducing UI for quitters raises welfare in the economy by up to 1.5 percent.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 26 June 2024
Biden was never a quitter, from his days as a child with a bad stutter and a family with uncertain income.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 22 July 2024
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Dana O'Neil, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
For another quitter, what would have been a straightforward business took a bizarre turn.
—Samra Zulfaqar, CNN, 31 Aug. 2024
Cai explained that introducing UI for quitters raises welfare in the economy by up to 1.5 percent.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 26 June 2024
Biden was never a quitter, from his days as a child with a bad stutter and a family with uncertain income.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 22 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quitter
Noun
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The Real Madrid forward reportedly referred to Messi and his teammates as cowards for retreating to the dressing room after Brazilian police attacked a section of Argentine fans.—
Felipe Cardenas,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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The employees are spoiled and the investors are cowards.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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Expect dropouts: Rejig pairings and match those who’ve lost their coach or coachee Start small, then scale: Start with a smaller group with a pure coaching approach that has no particular focus.—
Kevin Kruse,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Black dropouts typically have an unemployment rate twice that of white dropouts.—
Algernon Austin,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 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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Place chicken into the buttermilk mixture, mix to coat the chicken and soak for 2-4 hours or overnight.—
Jessica Fields,
Essence,
28 Feb. 2025
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The outbreak has also led to the death of millions of egg-laying chickens in the U.S. – either from infection or culling of flocks.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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Hadid arrived at the Le Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris for the Schiaparelli fall 2025 show, dressed in a black waxed leather bomber jacket, black straight leg jeans, and loafers.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2025
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There are also selvedge denim jeans, tassel loafers, a field jacket, and a lightweight pique blazer.—
Samantha Conti,
WWD,
5 Mar. 2025
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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
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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 12 Mar. 2025.
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