quitter

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Recent Examples of quitter But Salah, who travelled several hours a day just to reach training as a youngster, is no quitter. Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025 Alas, the thing about being a true fan is, no quitters allowed. Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025 And the most unattractive thing in the world to me is a quitter. 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 See All Example Sentences for quitter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quitter
Noun
  • Across 17 tracks, Amos positions herself as both conqueror and coward, exploring how the greed and individualism of modern society has allowed tech feudalists and 21st-century robber barons to make out like kings.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 1 May 2026
  • The Chicago Fraternal Order of Police president calling the mayor a coward doesn’t keep a single teenager off the street.
    Louis Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The two first crossed paths in 2001, when Rich Boy was Maurice Richards, a soon-to-be dropout at Tuskegee University, studying mechanical engineering.
    Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 25 Apr. 2026
  • One dropout told me about the first check cut to her company, from an angel investor a year before.
    Theo Baker, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Hegseth largely declined to provide specifics, instead denouncing critics as defeatists, questioning their patriotism and insisting the mission had broad public support.
    Nik Popli, Time, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Now there is a British tendency to be slightly defeatist.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
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
  • But the real luxury here is the rice, swollen with chicken broth, haunted by ginger and good enough to eat on its own.
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • One man even left raw chicken in a pan with a bowl of water on the sidewalk for the bear.
    Brittney Ermon, CBS News, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • In 2024, The Onion purchased Infowars, the conspiracy website born of the craven lunatic/Sandy Hook shooting denier Alex Jones.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Obi-Wan, the craven victor, revealing his true self.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Thanks to the rubber slip-resistant outsole, these loafers provide great stability, especially on icy and muddy ground in winter and spring.
    Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026
  • George, the birthday boy beside her, stuck to his own slick style, wearing a black polo top, off-white pants with a beige belt, and sand suede loafers.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • But that limited ambition doesn’t mean the device itself is a slouch.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Charlamagne is no slouch himself.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026

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“Quitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quitter. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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