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
  • As dawn approached, chicken and waffles were served.
    Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Chick-fil-A in Boston's Copley Square is offering a free original chicken sandwich on May 4.
    Neal Riley, CBS News, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Obi-Wan, the craven victor, revealing his true self.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Ballet flats, loafers, Mary Janes, and yes, even heels, are perfect for refreshing this athleisure trend.
    Tatiana Ojea, Glamour, 3 May 2026
  • Amazon’s spring-to-summer fashion section is brimming with comfy wide-leg pants that can be easily dressed up for the office with a polished blouse and loafers.
    Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 1 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 10 May. 2026.

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