quit
Example Sentences
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Experts recommend against quitting your job, if at all possible.
From MarketWatch
The 25-year-old quit his corporate job last October, after realising it was making him miserable.
From BBC
Nearing 40, she quit acting and spent the rest of her life bouncing between her Saint-Tropez beach house and a farm — complete with a chapel — outside Paris.
From Los Angeles Times
Weatherald made his debut in the opening Test against England in Perth, the latest in a flurry of players looking to fill the giant hole left by David Warner calling it quits two years ago.
From Barron's
Some teachers quit after growing exhausted from policing devices.
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