dropout
Example Sentences
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The Lorena Street Elementary student who once haunted the stacks has also undergone big transformations — the former high school dropout now has an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
A high-school dropout, Sumner is a former Thiel Fellow who founded a software tool kit for developers and sold his startup to Anthropic last year, when he became hooked on Claude Code.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The inulin group also had a much lower dropout rate.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
A high-school dropout, Chizi began doing stand-up at open mics in 2015.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Like Jamie and Charlie, he had the tangy, sweet-smelling aroma of the dropout about him.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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