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dropout

noun as in unconventional person

noun as in someone who gives up

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It had no more side effects or study dropouts than the placebo pill received by the control participants.

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“Look at the dropout rates. Look at the depths of despair. Look at the issues around loneliness. Look at every critical category. It’s just blinking red lights for young men.”

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They include dropouts from other schools, former prison inmates and people who had low test scores.

The high school dropout rate is one of the highest in the country, while spending on education is one of the lowest.

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Women in the singing group also had a much lower dropout rate and were more likely to say they found it a good match for their needs and easy to use.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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