quitter

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Recent Examples of quitter 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 Perhaps predictably, loud quitters can suffer consequences too. Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2025 Temporary By Hilary Leichter Quit, by Annie Duke No one likes a quitter, the saying goes. Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for quitter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quitter
Noun
  • Just an utter coward folding to this embarrassing paper tiger administration.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
  • We are told that politics is for cowards, literary analysis is for women, education is a system of liberal indoctrination, brave individuals must resist the herd.
    Robert Rubsam, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That’s, at least, according to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who has just warned Gen Z that college dropout success stories are too good to be true for most people.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • From a high school dropout and gang member who experienced homelessness to a PhD holder and founder of the Love Beyond Walls non-profit, Lester shares his journey navigating the trauma of poverty while exposing the systemic educational injustices that trap Black communities.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 9 Oct. 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
Noun
  • Within days, tables were lining the sidewalks of Khan Younis and Gaza City, piled high with avocados, oranges, and even fresh chicken.
    Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Serve this creamy chicken casserole.
    Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Missourians have the opportunity to put this craven power grab up for a vote.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But those loved by Amal and co-signed by the likes of Dakota Johnson (who wears hers with loafers) represent the perfect hybrid between the skinny and straight cut.
    Michel Mejía, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Loafers / slip-on flats Transition into autumn with the perfect pair of loafers or slip-on flats.
    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, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Climate change is supercharging the winds of the strongest Nor’easters, a recent study found, and this one will be no slouch.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The Tigers are no slouch in the American Conference and have respectable College Football Playoff aspirations.
    Sam Sklar, Mississippi Clarion Ledger, 18 Sep. 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

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“Quitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quitter. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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