drop out

Example Sentences

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He was managing director at Thiel’s Clarium Capital and CEO of the Thiel Foundation, and co-founder of the Thiel Fellowship, which offers university students $250,000 to drop out and pursue entrepreneurial interests.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

But with a huge field spreading votes so thinly, there are growing calls for the no-hopers to drop out and allow one or two candidates to float to the top.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Yet when adults drop out of the workforce to have babies, or future workers, we penalize them by refusing to credit those years toward their own Social Security payments.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

So is the number of enrollees who drop out before completing an airframe-and-powerplant training program, which takes an average of 21 months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

I’ll go to summer school and regular school and night school—I’ll never drop out.

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones