a temporary withdrawal from school or a delay in the pursuit of one's education.
a student who withdraws from school temporarily.
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The stop-out rate at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania has ranged between 43% and 56% in recent years.
From Time Magazine Archive
Keith V. Abramson Hartford, Conn. A detour via the business world resulted in a 38-year stop-out for me.
From Time Magazine Archive
It will review the controversy over genetic differences, especially as they affect IQs, discuss the revival of interest in vocational training and examine the continuing "stop-out" phenomenon among college students.
From Time Magazine Archive
Further, where the edge of applied stop-out varnish crosses a single line, the change in depth of acid biting at that point is readily visible.
From Rembrandt's Etching Technique: An Example by Morse, Peter
"I always get the Queen smiling, I might stop out for several nights but when I get her smiling, it's always worthwhile," he said in 2016.
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
If this recommendation is established, stop out if SPX closes back below 6,800.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 18, 2025
When the school district learned what he was doing in 2015, it asked him to stop out of concerns of a possible lawsuit over students’ religious freedom rights.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
“It takes more than the length of a football field to stop out here.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
I did stop, out of shame mostly, because the hunted wireless girl was being so stoic about it.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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