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Even in mid-July, before Biden dropped out of the race, Harris’s favorability rating among Black voters in battleground states exceeded his by five points. Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024 After some time acting in small roles in Toronto, Speedman went to theater school at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City but dropped out. Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
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Getty Images One influential — and controversial — paper by Harvard economist George Borjas echoes that finding about high school dropouts. Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2024 Ric Fulop, who was then a 26-year-old college dropout, knocked on his door. Amy Feldman, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for drop out 

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“Drop out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drop%20out. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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