croppers

noun

plural of cropper
as in defeats
a falling short of one's goals more than a few people were glad to see the obnoxiously smug skater come a cropper at the national championships

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Recent Examples of croppers More recently, soybean croppers were angered by the financial support lent to Argentina, which went on to ship large quantities of its own soybeans to China. — Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
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  1. defeats
  2. failures
  3. collapses
Noun
  • Over the past two months, Republican lawmakers have suffered major defeats on some of their most high-profile policy initiatives.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Then came three more defeats, capped by a 12-1 embarrassment on Saturday against the AL East champion Rays.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of defeats
Noun
  • The disclosure could deepen scrutiny of the security failures surrounding the flight after officials revealed the Omani co-pilot had previously been barred from flying in his home country over concerns about his extremist views.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
  • But let’s also be clear that the General Assembly shares responsibility for the failures.
    — Dr. Matthew Warshauer, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of failures
Noun
  • September was a struggle with multiple bullpen collapses and failures from the starting lineup.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Pasticceria Italia, a popular Italian bakery, shut down last winter after suffering two ceiling collapses from water leaks in two winters followed by vandalism damage.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of collapses

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“Croppers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/croppers. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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