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as in to leave
to give up (a job or office)
he decided to quit his job at the fast-food restaurant
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2
as in to abandon
to stop doing (something) permanently
her doctor told her it was high time she quit smoking
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as in to stop
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
quit pestering your coworkers with pointless questions
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as in to forsake
to cause to remain behind
he quit the house sometime around nine this morning and hasn't been seen since
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as in to succumb
to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)
tried to persuade his daughter to remain at home, but eventually he just quit and let her go out on her own
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as in to cease
to come to an end
will this teasing ever quit?
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as in to depart
to leave a place often for another
we plan to quit the amusement park around seven tonight and then head to the diner for some food
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as in to behave
to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way
I thought the kids quitted themselves quite well at the concert tonight
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as in free
no longer burdened with something unpleasant or painful
I am finally quit of that terrible task
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Recent Examples of quit
Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Because of this, doctors also recommend that people who have been on the medication for longer periods of time gradually wean themselves off it under the guidance of a health care provider instead of quitting abruptly.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 3 Mar. 2025
Whether Corry will publicly explain his reason for abruptly quitting remains to be seen.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
The program director of the Nonviolent Action Lab at Harvard’s Kennedy School quit in protest.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
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Education Department offers employees $25K to quit by Monday
Quit by Monday and get $25,000.
—Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Because of this, doctors also recommend that people who have been on the medication for longer periods of time gradually wean themselves off it under the guidance of a health care provider instead of quitting abruptly.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 3 Mar. 2025
Whether Corry will publicly explain his reason for abruptly quitting remains to be seen.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
The program director of the Nonviolent Action Lab at Harvard’s Kennedy School quit in protest.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
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However, he was pardoned by his father shortly before the former president left office.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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Trudeau, who is soon to be leaving office, announced on Monday that, as a response to Trump's plans, Canada would be implementing tariffs on $155 billion worth of American goods, including tariffs effective immediately on nearly $21 billion.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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The suspension of programs supporting the promotion of democracy in authoritarian countries, a bipartisan U.S. foreign policy for decades, has left experts wondering if the Trump administration has abandoned that goal.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
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High in the thin Alaskan air, where abundant oxygen had long abandoned such firmaments for lower altitude, five women knelt circled against the piercing cold.—
Cassidy Randall,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Don’t stop the agreement that has already brought dozens of hostages back to us.—
Ibrahim Dahman,
CNN,
1 Mar. 2025
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Often, women would wear the same watch for years, so why did the younger generations ever stop?—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2025
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One of the drivers succumbed to injuries at the scene, while the other was transported to a nearby medical center for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.—
Stephanie Lam,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
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That wasn’t the case this time last year, as Cole succumbed to elbow inflammation midway through spring training in 2024.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
8 Mar. 2025
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On Thursday, the university, a historically Black institution, ordered the fraternity chapter to cease all activities and suspended pledging for all Greek organizations for the rest of the academic year.—
Neil Vigdor,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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The program ended in the early 1960s after a member of the CIA Inspector General's staff learned of MKUltra's experiments and ordered them to cease all experimentation on non-consenting subjects.—
Jessica Sager,
People.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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The big picture: Price elasticity measures the degree to which consumers are willing, or unwilling, to pay higher prices for certain items.—
Felix Salmon,
Axios,
10 Mar. 2025
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Can tariffs pay for a budget deficit when Social Security, Medicare and the interest payments on our debt are what really matter and there’s $36 trillion of national debt to be made up by them?—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
10 Mar. 2025
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Now, the beloved brand is entering a new phase: departing from the L’Oréal umbrella to be independently-owned once again.—
Larry Stansbury,
Essence,
4 Mar. 2025
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The grant conveys each school’s television rights to the conference through 2035-36, and FSU’s counsel estimated that if the grant and exit fee were strictly enforced, departing the league would cost the school more than $600 million.—
David Teel,
Orlando Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2025
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As a collective, the robots behaved like a material that could change shape and switch between solid and liquid states, just like the T-1000.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
1 Mar. 2025
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The default state of the Switch Axe is Axe Mode, which behaves a bit like a slightly faster Hammer with pretty good damage output and great mobility for a weapon of its size.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Quit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quit. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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