1
: a very steep or perpendicular descent
2
: a marked dwindling or decline
a drop-off in attendance
3
: the act or an instance of making a usually brief deposit or delivery
drop-off points along the route
dropped off; dropping off; drops off
: to fall asleep
Examples of drop-off in a Sentence
Noun
the drop-off in movie attendance was the greatest in more than a decade
Verb
my interest in photography has dropped off over the years
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
An Uber driver was shot early Thursday morning in northwest Atlanta after what police say began as a verbal dispute during a rideshare drop-off.
—Christopher Harris, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
Jason Henry, Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
On the day of the surgery, for an unknown reason, he was just dropped off at Children's Nebraska, an Omaha children's hospital.
—Steve Hartman, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Jim O’Connor, ValenSil’s buyer and hiring manager, attributed the production drop-off to the steep tariffs on inputs like aluminum and the heavily unpredictable nature of how they’ve been implemented.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
An Uber driver was shot early Thursday morning in northwest Atlanta after what police say began as a verbal dispute during a rideshare drop-off.
—Christopher Harris, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
Los Angeles International Airport could soon double the fees customers pay when getting picked up or dropped off by ride-hailing services, taxis and limousines.
—Jason Henry, Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
On the day of the surgery, for an unknown reason, he was just dropped off at Children's Nebraska, an Omaha children's hospital.
—Steve Hartman, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
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“Drop-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drop-off. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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