: delivery of cargo, emergency supplies, or personnel by parachute from an airplane in flight
air-drop
transitive verb
Examples of airdrop in a Sentence
The group organized an airdrop of food for the refugees.
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Breaching these areas and killing bots will trigger periodic airdrops of more AI enemies, in increasing frequency and threat levels.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2025
Since then, Zora has managed to regain activity, largely driven by an airdrop program that has quickly become a meme in its own right.
—Cloris Chen, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Importantly, even receiving a digital asset without selling it (as in the case of airdrops or staking rewards) can generate a tax liability because it is treated as ordinary income upon receipt.
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—Tonya M. Evans, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
When the United States ordered the munitions airdrop to Kobani, however, the government cried foul.
—Piotr Zalewski, Foreign Affairs, 2 Nov. 2014
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2025
Since then, Zora has managed to regain activity, largely driven by an airdrop program that has quickly become a meme in its own right.
—Cloris Chen, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Importantly, even receiving a digital asset without selling it (as in the case of airdrops or staking rewards) can generate a tax liability because it is treated as ordinary income upon receipt.
3.
—Tonya M. Evans, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
When the United States ordered the munitions airdrop to Kobani, however, the government cried foul.
—Piotr Zalewski, Foreign Affairs, 2 Nov. 2014
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“Airdrop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airdrop. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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airdrop
noun
air·drop
-ˌdräp 
: delivery of cargo, supplies, or people by parachute from an airplane
air-drop
verb
-ˌdräp
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