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Recent Examples of drop out
Conor Murray, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
This time, Libertarian nominee Eric Joss dropped out in early September and endorsed Evans, a move that was seen by some observers as improving the GOP candidate’s odds in a close race.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
Angela Haupt, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
And, from the household survey, the employment rate out of the population grew by .2 percentage points (60.0 to 60.2%), while the unemployment rate fell - especially among high school dropouts and Hispanic workers.
—Harry Holzer, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Verb
After dropping out, Kennedy pitched voting Trump to his supporters as the way to get himself to Washington, D.C., citing Trump’s pledge to give him a health role.
—Conor Murray, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
This time, Libertarian nominee Eric Joss dropped out in early September and endorsed Evans, a move that was seen by some observers as improving the GOP candidate’s odds in a close race.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
Noun
By Angela Haupt October 9, 2024 2:34 PM EDT
It’s been an intense election season, from a candidate's momentous dropout to meme-generating debates to assassination attempts.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
And, from the household survey, the employment rate out of the population grew by .2 percentage points (60.0 to 60.2%), while the unemployment rate fell - especially among high school dropouts and Hispanic workers.
—Harry Holzer, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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The recommendations are quite broad, so the Section recommends that Treasury withdraw and reissue the current Proposed TOI Regulations with a requirement that reporting would be required only for TOIs entered into on or after the re-proposal occurs.Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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Two works, a Diane Arbus photo and an Eric Fischl painting, were withdrawn, presumably for lack of interest.Brian Boucher for ArtNews, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024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 represents the loss of an idea of what the capital should represent, the removal of a place that was an idler’s haven.Anandi Mishra, The Atlantic, 30 July 2022
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The attempt to reduce the federal workforce is a push against on remote work—especially if government workers quit as a result of the initiative.Chris Westfall, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway was the last album that Genesis recorded before Peter Gabriel quit the band to launch a solo career.Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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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
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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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The collection offered a wide range of styles across loafers, derbys, slip-ons, sneakers and sandals, among others.Layla Ilchi, WWD, 22 Nov. 2024
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The Sleek Smoking Loafer Our loafers have been getting the sleek treatment for seasons now with a fan base that includes supermodels like Kendall Jenner to Vogue-editors alike.Laura Jackson, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
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Although Tesla isn’t exactly a slouch, the company itself isn’t responsible for its latest stock boom.William Gavin, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
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The iPhone 16 is no slouch, giving me six hours of screen-on time with around 20 percent remaining.Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 23 Sep. 2024
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Like Trump, Carlson appeals to his base by positioning himself as a class traitor—not a man of the people, exactly, but an apostate from the cosmopolitan élite.Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
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Cumming will lead a new group of 21 traitors from across a variety of other reality series.Anne Easton, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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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 3 Dec. 2024.
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