dropout

Example Sentences

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As a child dancer, performance was Slayyyter’s youth, and as a college dropout from the University of Missouri, she turned to SoundCloud to share the music blossoming from her at-home recording sessions.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

The college dropout had made a name for himself on social media by offering get-rich-quick advice and self-help courses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

"Findings from my research showed that impostorism predicted poorer overall mental health, greater burnout, and increased consideration of dropout among graduate women in STEM," she said.

From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 2026

The dropout rate was substantially higher than the dropout rate for Lilly’s current top-selling weight loss drug, Zepbound.

From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025

Try not to wonder what he’d think of me now, a high-school dropout with a conk on my head and a white girl in my heart.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz