quitting

Example Sentences

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Smoking rates plummeted from their mid-20th-century peaks because “whole groups of people were quitting in concert.”

From Slate • May 15, 2026

"Tonight he erased any doubt of all the negative talk. I'm glad the fight went that way so he could demonstrate this quitting narrative is not right."

From BBC • May 10, 2026

"The losers are not quitting the market as fast as they are supposed to because they have investors' backing, local governments' backing, who do not want their existing investments to be written off," she said.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

The number of workers quitting jobs each month has fallen to a six-year low, and the longer workers stay in jobs, the more productive they tend to become.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Their schedules are so crazy, they didn’t fight me on quitting Hebrew school this year, which had always been non-negotiable before.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz