RESIGNS (FROM) Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

resigns (from)

verb

present tense third-person singular of resign (from)

as in leaves

to give up (a job or office) resigned from the company after the news broke that he had been falsifying financial statements for years

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But the federal plan leaves the door open to steeper reductions that Arizona officials warned could be catastrophic and sued over last week.

— Hannah Knowles The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Before any cymbal leaves the factory, a shokunin strikes it and listens, comparing its sound against a pristine reference by ear.

— Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026

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Every researcher who quits Anthropic to write a viral letter about extinction is casting himself, in the drama running in his own head, as Oppenheimer walking away from the bomb.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Except that Ruari quits university just days into the term to move back home without explanation.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

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