dropped out
Example Sentences
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After being accepted to a physics graduate degree programme at Stanford University, Musk quickly dropped out and founded two technology start-ups during the "dotcom boom" of the 1990s.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
He dropped out for a time a few years later when she died.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Swalwell also had high favorability ratings, and when he dropped out, Becerra was “seen as the least objectionable of the candidates that were remaining,” Mitchell said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
He dropped out of Harvard after his freshman year, enrolled at MIT and dropped out in 2010 after a few months to become the fourth employee at a payments-processing firm called /dev/payments, later renamed Stripe.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
We are on solid ground, but the bottom has just dropped out.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
