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Recent Examples of quitter
So maybe Miami’s best player and three-time captain is a quitter too.
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Tim Graham, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Europe and its growing pool of quitters The Great Resignation may have taken off in the U.S., but Europeans haven’t been spared.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 20 Nov. 2024
Since her comeback post-Tokyo, Biles has spoken openly about the trolls who call her a quitter.
—Dana O'Neil, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
For another quitter, what would have been a straightforward business took a bizarre turn.
—Samra Zulfaqar, CNN, 31 Aug. 2024
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Tim Graham, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Europe and its growing pool of quitters The Great Resignation may have taken off in the U.S., but Europeans haven’t been spared.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 20 Nov. 2024
Since her comeback post-Tokyo, Biles has spoken openly about the trolls who call her a quitter.
—Dana O'Neil, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
For another quitter, what would have been a straightforward business took a bizarre turn.
—Samra Zulfaqar, CNN, 31 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quitter
Noun
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Floundering in his career and stressed about planning his wedding, Yvan’s woes compound when his oldest friends turn their insults on him, calling him a coward, an amoeba and a fan of motel art.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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That’s when one coward hit me from behind with a backpack.—
Brie Stimson , Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The comedy-drama follows M, a university dropout who moves in with his terminally ill grandmother, Mengju, with hopes of securing an inheritance.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 May 2025
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But right now, there’s a barrier for employers: the high prescription price coupled with high dropout rates.—
Scott Paddock,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 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
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And there’s the awkward fact of Giuliani’s having failed, in spite of his most abject scheming, to manage to overturn the presidential election that Donald Trump lost to a wobbly poltroon on the edge of 80.—
Kevin D. Williamson,
National Review,
15 Jan. 2021
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When did conservatives become such a miserable gaggle of public poltroons?—
Charles P. Pierce,
Esquire,
13 Apr. 2017
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After nearly three decades in Texas classrooms, Pauline Thompson is stepping into a new chapter — one that smells of jerk chicken, fresh thyme and home.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 May 2025
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The marinated turkey or chicken is stuffed into a French roll intended to soak up the recipe’s recaudo or marinade, along with slices of tomato, cucumber, radishes and sprigs of watercress.—
Daniel Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 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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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
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“Quitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quitter. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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