How do you use the word "dropout" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "dropout" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "dropout": Tom is a high school dropout. Even though he was a school dropout, Tom was later very successful in life.

Dropout Meaning

/drˈɑˌpaʊt/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounSomeone who has left an educational institution without completing the course

nounSomeone who has opted out of conventional society.

Sentence Examples

Tom is a high school dropout.

Even though he was a school dropout, Tom was later very successful in life.

I know that Tom is a high school dropout.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The high school ____ regretted leaving school at age sixteen without a diploma.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Tom is a high school ____.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree English drop outdeverb. English dropout Deverbal from drop out.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The pastures are filled with gay political drop-outs, persons of reasonable intent who found the scene personally destructive." — 1980 August 30, David Rothenberg, “A New York State of Confusion”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 5:

"To avoid excessive dropouts from the study, we wouldn't employ a single tutored group and a single control group that received no instruction at all." — 2010, R. Barker Bausell, Too Simple to Fail: A Case for Educational Change, page 193:

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