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noun

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Recent Examples of drop out
Verb
With Saint Francis dropping out this year, the conference did have an immediate need, but New Haven’s move did not happen overnight. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025 Means is a graduate of Stanford Medical School and began a residency program at the Oregon Health and Science University before eventually dropping out. Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 9 May 2025
Noun
In the spring of 1975, a college dropout and his childhood friend launched a tiny software company in Albuquerque with a singular mission: put a computer on every desk and in every home. Jackie Snow, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2025 Starting as a 20-year-old with no formal education as a two-time college dropout, Staple built his brand from the ground up and stints as a DJ in the NYC party and nightlife scene. Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for drop out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drop out
Verb
  • The spacer might shut down, withdraw or become defensive, leaving the chaser feeling unheard and the spacer feeling emotionally ambushed.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
  • The Great Plains Theater Commons, in Omaha, Neb., got an email withdrawing a recommendation for a $35,000 grant for an annual play festival.
    Michael Paulson, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Tempting people to quit an immunity challenge for a mystery vote steal advantage?
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 May 2025
  • Many teachers who already are thinking about quitting or retiring early aren’t going to be persuaded to change their minds by what the Senate is offering in this bill.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • To me, that’s something that’s in your character to be a quitter.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
  • And Braverman wasn’t a quitter, in fact, quite the opposite.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Track Pant Lean into the tomboy ease of a slouchy pair of track pants by adding an oversized button up and Gucci loafers.
    Christina Holevas, Vogue, 1 May 2025
  • Toddlers' Slip-On: $19.90 Your boy will look chic with these loafer slip-ons.
    Nora Colomer may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Someone who might want to look cool in a similar way today might sit in a chair like this [slouches into the chair with his pelvis closer to the edge of the seat and his legs splayed], right? Lily-Rose Depp in Nosferatu.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Meta is no slouch: Revenue growth: 22% in last 12 months Operating margin: 42% P/E Ratio: 21x That might look like a discount compared to Microsoft (31x) or Apple (32x), but here’s the rub.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But that guy was a traitor, feeding information (false, in this case) to the Empire, so Saw shoots him, not Wilmon!
    Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The American president is a traitor to the democratic world.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 21 May. 2025.

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