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as in idler
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as in leaver
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Recent Examples of drop out
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
Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
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
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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
The dropout would also have affected work at the National Severe Storms Laboratory, the group that works on severe weather research.
—Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drop out
Verb
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Martin withdrew from consideration for the post that requires Senate confirmation and Trump named him to a Justice Department post instead.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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Fisher Scientific withdrew its full-year profit forecast while the medical equipment maker expects to take a $400 million hit in sales to China, as Trump’s tariffs would likely raise the cost of parts the company sources in China.—
Ty Roush,
Forbes.com,
19 May 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
Verb
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Tempting people to quit an immunity challenge for a mystery vote steal advantage?—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
15 May 2025
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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
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To me, that’s something that’s in your character to be a quitter.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
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And Braverman wasn’t a quitter, in fact, quite the opposite.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Pair with effortless basics like a T-shirt, blazer, and loafer or boot.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Glamour,
12 May 2025
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Leo was seen wearing simple black shoes — eschewing, as Francis did, the red loafers of the papacy preferred by some traditionalist popes.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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Stephen Fry, Ted Lasso star Nick Mohammed and singer Paloma Faith are just three of the 19 celebs entering the castle to sniff out the traitors from the faithfuls in the first celebrity season of the smash hit on the BBC.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
13 May 2025
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The former sees the latter as a pro-European traitor and а success symbol born of the imperial decline that Soviet-era bureaucrats have yet to accept.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
12 May 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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“Drop out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drop%20out. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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