How to Use dropout in a Sentence

dropout

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  • The program is designed for dropouts who wish to get high school equivalency certificates.
  • Before the fame, Wright was a high school dropout who dealt drugs for a living.
    — Brennon Dixson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Later, Trump gave Tim Scott, another of the dropouts, the chance to repeat the homage.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2024
  • His group believes the dropout rate has spiked this year and will remain high for years to come.
    — Heather Hollingsworth, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 2021
  • His group believes the dropout rate has spiked this year and will remain high for years.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2021
  • The dropout rate in the United States was on a steady decline in the years before the pandemic.
    — Evan McMorris-Santoro, CNN, 6 Mar. 2021
  • The two Stanford dropouts, both 23, are the founders of Brex, one of the hottest young companies today.
    — Erin Griffith, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2019
  • In the mid-1970s, a high school dropout could earn almost three-quarters of the U.S. median wage.
    — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Franklin was a high school dropout from the blue-collar town of Dundalk, Maryland.
    — Olive Fellows, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2022
  • At least one of the dropouts has not given up completely, though.
    — The Economist, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Bernstein, long of hair and sloppy of dress, a college dropout, is something out of The Front Page.
    — Joshua Benton, The Atlantic, 9 June 2022
  • Lily Collins stars as Ellen, a 20-year-old dropout struggling with anorexia.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2022
  • By then, Cecilia, a high school dropout, hadn’t been in a classroom for more than a decade.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2022
  • Iowa State and North Carolina State are the week’s other dropouts.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Lane was the oddest of the three, though, says Scott: an eighth-grade dropout who’d quit school to read Mein Kampf and trade firearms online all night.
    — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2022
  • The Harvard Business School dropout comes in at No. 14, down seven spots from last year.
    — Forbes Press Releases, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Part of what skews the representation of Ute students in high school is the dropout rate.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 July 2023
  • The state has some of the lowest graduation rates and highest dropout rates.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The new man, George Dyer, really was a burglar, though, and, like Lacy, a sort of dropout.
    — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 17 May 2021
  • The lone dropout this week is Florida, edged by a single poll point by Georgia Tech for the 25th spot.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Knutson, a 28-year-old bartender and college dropout, can vouch for it.
    — Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 12 Dec. 2020
  • Oklahoma has one of the highest dropout rates in the nation and some of the lowest reading and math test scores.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 5 July 2024
  • The dropout issues have vexed Ryzen customers for months, with no seeming rhyme or reason for the cause.
    — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 12 Mar. 2021
  • This is commonly referred to as the S-gene dropout issue.
    — Renée Onque, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2022
  • At each stage, judges vote on a dropout, and girlfriends have to bet on her own boyfriend or another’s boyfriend to keep the money and win the prize.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The city had too many high school dropouts and too few college graduates to support them.
    — Greg Jefferson, ExpressNews.com, 31 Oct. 2019
  • The story centers Cassie, a med school dropout who lives with her parents and works at a quaint coffee shop.
    — Joi Childs, Teen Vogue, 30 Jan. 2020
  • For a college dropout, Clark has done pretty well for herself.
    — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 17 June 2024
  • As a result, the frame stays light while providing rigidity in areas such as the bottom bracket, dropouts, and head tube.
    — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Fifty years before embarking on his international journey — with a terminal illness and onset of a pandemic both looming — Kristofer is a college dropout looking for a job in the kitchen of a Japanese restaurant in London.
    — Kristen Tauer, WWD, 16 July 2024
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drop out

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  • Biden dropped out in the middle of an election year and Harris could become the first female president.
    — Chris Megerian, Twin Cities, 4 Nov. 2024
  • So tune in, and drop out of 2024 for the spin of the dial through summers past.
    — Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 29 May 2024
  • But when her father died, Feng was forced to drop out of school and help on the farm.
    — Deborah Kim, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Min dropped out of school in the ninth grade and took a job as a secretary.
    — Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 3 May 2024
  • In 2015, she was forced to drop out of Dancing with the Stars due to blood clots in both of her lungs.
    — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2024
  • What are some of those and why did some states drop out of this program?
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Smith wasn’t the only one to drop out of the performance.
    — Vulture, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Only one team, Utah, is slated to drop out of the top 10.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Cora Mae dropped out of school and returned to Ohio to mourn.
    — Joshua Kagavi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Sony dropped out before the pandemic and skipped the 2019 event.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The story does follow two 16-year-old girls who drop out of high school to work in this world.
    — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2023
  • He was adopted at an early age and dropped out of high school.
    — Angela Hart | Kff Health News, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
  • As a teenager, Wahlberg dropped out of the ninth grade and didn't attend college.
    — Audrey Schmidt, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Likewise, Steve Jobs dropped out of Reed College in the 1970s after just six months at the school.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2023
  • My hope is that Biden drops out and someone like Gretchen Whitmer steps in.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Kennedy dropped out of the race in late August and threw his support behind Trump.
    — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Weeks after a poor performance, Biden dropped out of the race.
    — Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2024
  • This year is different for Democrats since Biden dropped out of the race in July.
    — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Feist played two dates with the band before deciding to drop out.
    — Derek Hawkins, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Candidates who lost the endorsement race dropped out of the race.
    — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Plus, only about 5% dropped out from the MDMA groups in both trials.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 7 June 2024
  • As Christie’s theory of the case has crumbled, pressure on him to drop out has grown.
    — Varad Mehta, Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Despite facing calls to drop out of the race, Haley vowed to stay in the race through at least Super Tuesday.
    — Kendrick Marshall, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Biles stunned the world by dropping out of the team competition after a fluke vault.
    — Heather Long, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
  • Following a third straight loss, Clemson will likely drop out of the Top 25.
    — Bob Ferrante, Star Tribune, 23 Jan. 2021
  • Jenny Roe is no longer part of the case after dropping out, her attorneys said, from the stress of it.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Steely Dan has reportedly dropped out of a few of their tour dates with the Eagles due to illness.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The longer the pause between basket and payment, the bigger the attrition rate of customers who drop out.
    — Ozan Ozerk, Forbes, 10 June 2022
  • In March, Murphy dropped out of the Senate primary race.
    — Susan Davis, NPR, 4 June 2024
  • Kennedy dropped out and endorsed Trump earlier this year.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024

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