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Recent Examples of drop out
Mackenzie Thomas, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2025
One later dropped out during last-minute financial vetting the day before an ACIP meeting.
—ArsTechnica, 8 July 2025
Rachel Handler, Vulture, 17 May 2025
While Meta is gaining a 49% stake in the startup, Zuckerberg’s real prize in the deal was hiring Wang, a dropout from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who started his company at age 19.
—Ari Levy, CNBC, 21 June 2025
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Verb
Those concerns culminated with the announcement that Biden was dropping out of the presidential race in July 2024.
—Mackenzie Thomas, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2025
One later dropped out during last-minute financial vetting the day before an ACIP meeting.
—ArsTechnica, 8 July 2025
Noun
The amount of dropouts, acts of god — the movie was terrorized.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 17 May 2025
While Meta is gaining a 49% stake in the startup, Zuckerberg’s real prize in the deal was hiring Wang, a dropout from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who started his company at age 19.
—Ari Levy, CNBC, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drop out
Verb
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Of course, the former two had retired whereas the latter had only temporarily withdrawn.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
4 July 2025
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The traffic receded as Chicago withdrew into the distance behind me on Interstate 90.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
4 July 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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Money has also been spent on nongovernmental organization programs that hand out clean needles and crack pipes as part of progressive harm reduction policies instead of encouraging homeless drug users to quit.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
14 July 2025
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Although the overall unemployment rate is just 4.1%, few people are quitting jobs today, and employers are skittish about hiring.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
13 July 2025
Noun
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Plus, find out what TJ hates more than anything in The Challenge world — even more than quitters!—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
1 July 2025
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But there are more than enough prospective quitters to go around.—
Will Yakowicz,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Suede loafers and a paracord bracelet add balance to keep things interesting and fashion-forward.—
Christina Holevas,
Vogue,
5 July 2025
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The silence is delightfully interrupted by three older men dressed in loafers and Hawaiian shirts conversing animatedly in Greek over a half-empty box of almond cookies.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
2 July 2025
Noun
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DaVinci Resolve Studio is no slouch for collaboration.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
9 June 2025
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Haliburton is no slouch either — in fashion or basketball.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
6 June 2025
Noun
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Young-il’s brother is still searching for the island — but a traitor on the boat is preventing the detective from reaching the game site.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Meanwhile, Jun-ho continues his search for the island on which the Squid Games are taking place - but there's a traitor amongst his team.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 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 18 Jul. 2025.
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