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Recent Examples of quitter
Imagine how much value creation is left on the table when summing the contributions from so many uninspiring efforts.
Combating a Quitters' Day Culture
Undoubtedly, leaders strongly influence whether a quitter's day culture emerges.
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Nate Bennett, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
So maybe Miami’s best player and three-time captain is a quitter too.
—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
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Nate Bennett, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
So maybe Miami’s best player and three-time captain is a quitter too.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quitter
Noun
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With rising apprehension, the Cabinet kept deliberating for a couple of days while Sumner did his best to shut down jingoistic rhetoric in the Senate from politicians who demanded that Lincoln not be a coward in the face of Great Britain.—
Zaakir Tameez
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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Because these cowards fear being doxed for their inhumane and unconscionable actions.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2025
Noun
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While Meta is gaining a 49% stake in the startup, Zuckerberg’s real prize in the deal was hiring Wang, a dropout from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who started his company at age 19.—
Ari Levy,
CNBC,
21 June 2025
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This sudden change disrupted high-frequency radio signals, leading to communication dropouts for some radio operators across affected regions.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
14 May 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
Noun
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The chicken was very tender, the corn sweet, and the whole dish had great flavor.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 June 2025
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Public safety should never be a game of political chicken.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
28 June 2025
Noun
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The Bridgerton star accessorized with black leather loafers and gold geometric sunglasses with a pink gradient lens.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
24 June 2025
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Your most sophisticated versions pair flawlessly with loafers, soft ballet flats, and Mary Janes at the office.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
24 June 2025
Noun
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Diaz was no slouch, as many who remember him can attest.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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But her opponents for the nomination are no slouches: Lyonne is a five-time nominee, including acting nods for Russian Doll, Orange Is the New Black, and, two years ago, the first season of Poker Face.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
24 May 2025
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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 2 Jul. 2025.
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