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Recent Examples of quitter
And the most unattractive thing in the world to me is a quitter.
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EW.com, 30 July 2025
Plus, find out what TJ hates more than anything in The Challenge world — even more than quitters!
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 1 July 2025
But there are more than enough prospective quitters to go around.
—Will Yakowicz, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Temporary By Hilary Leichter Quit, by Annie Duke No one likes a quitter, the saying goes.
—Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2024
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EW.com, 30 July 2025
Plus, find out what TJ hates more than anything in The Challenge world — even more than quitters!
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 1 July 2025
But there are more than enough prospective quitters to go around.
—Will Yakowicz, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Temporary By Hilary Leichter Quit, by Annie Duke No one likes a quitter, the saying goes.
—Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quitter
Noun
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Please do not take the coward’s way.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2026
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And Trump calls ’em almost like cowards.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The film unfolds across two timelines, 2009 and 2025, centering on a chronically online college dropout and an underage OnlyFans streamer who are contacted by the same mysterious stalker.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
17 Feb. 2026
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Test scores, dropout rates, college prep work — and, later, college graduation rates and the higher incomes that often come with those degrees — all favor wealthy students over lower-income students.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Now there is a British tendency to be slightly defeatist.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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The mood just feels a little defeatist right now.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 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
Noun
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The menu also features several food items like $9 popcorn chicken, an $8 smash burger and a $6 short rib taco.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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The cow or chicken choice seemed rather crucial at the time.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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As cold fronts continue to pummel the East coast and craven billionaires and mad kings continue to play pickle-ball with our rights, lifting up the light has rarely felt more important.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
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Obi-Wan, the craven victor, revealing his true self.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This season, the Portuguese organization helped pair Campillo with footwear manufacturer Mariano Shoes for their latest collaboration together, which includes a classic boot in four colors, and leather loafers with artisanal leather soles.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Designers such as Calvin Klein, Celine, and Bottega Veneta presented pairs on the 2026 runway, and look, a classic loafer (with a back) will never go out of style.—
Kaitlin Clapinski,
InStyle,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Julia, no slouch, knows full well what Becket is up to and is hellbent on using that information to cash out big time.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
18 Feb. 2026
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Gage’s Robert is also no slouch in the come-on department, gushing over Jack’s appearance and enticing him by wearing women’s lingerie and doing you don’t want to know what else.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Quitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quitter. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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