dropped out

Definition of dropped outnext
past tense of drop out
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Verb
  • Camp Mystic officials withdrew their application to reopen this summer, a day after an emotional legislative hearing attended by the parents of the girls killed by a flood at the camp last year.
    Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 1 May 2026
  • Trump withdrew his first nominee, Fox News medical contributor Janette Nesheiwat, after questions were raised about her academic credentials.
    Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • For decades, California had some of the strongest legal protections for law enforcement officers in the country, at times allowing those who engaged in serious misconduct to quietly quit and find jobs in other departments.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
  • But in the end, higher jet fuel prices triggered by the Iran war drained cash from the business at an accelerating pace, forcing it to call it quits.
    Bernard Condon, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
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“Dropped out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dropped%20out. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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