as in to withdraw
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as in idler
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as in leaver
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Recent Examples of drop out
Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2025
The deal continues the telco giant's investment in ad tech, while its competitors drop out.
—Tim Baysinger, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Black dropouts typically have an unemployment rate twice that of white dropouts.
—Algernon Austin, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
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Verb
The city ended those discussions when the sole bidder dropped out.
—Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2025
The deal continues the telco giant's investment in ad tech, while its competitors drop out.
—Tim Baysinger, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
Expect dropouts: Rejig pairings and match those who’ve lost their coach or coachee
Start small, then scale: Start with a smaller group with a pure coaching approach that has no particular focus.
—Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Black dropouts typically have an unemployment rate twice that of white dropouts.
—Algernon Austin, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drop out
Verb
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The annual auto auction in Canada confirmed Tesla received multiple opportunities to voluntarily withdraw from the event due to safety concerns.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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On January 31, 2020, the United Kingdom formally withdrew from the European Union.—
Michael Walker,
The Athletic,
20 Mar. 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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This is crucial, as 1 in 3 workers report having quit a role due to not aligning with the viewpoints of an organization’s leadership.—
Sander van ‘t Noordende,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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At the time, Mitsuda was even threatening to quit at Square completely if he wasn’t given the chance to compose a game.—
Hayes Madsen,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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And Braverman wasn’t a quitter, in fact, quite the opposite.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Perhaps predictably, loud quitters can suffer consequences too.—
Ashton Jackson,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Dress it up with trousers and loafers, or go for a casual look with blue jeans and sneakers.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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Layer with a crisp button-down, and complete the look with classic loafers or pointed-toe heels.—
Jailynn Taylor,
Essence,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This doesn’t mean Nissan’s driverless car is a slouch.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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But the city is no slouch in the arts department either, with galleries, literary festivals, and a First Friday and Second Saturday art walk every month.—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There are people in the government who qualify for the term traitor.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
18 Mar. 2025
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Clearly, curator Samantha Johnston, who also happens to be CPAC’s executive director, is playing the traitor here by engaging with artists whose main tools are prompts, entered into programs, which generate images based on billions of data sets stored digitally around the globe.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
The Denver Post,
17 Mar. 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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“Drop out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drop%20out. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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