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.
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for croppers
Noun
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Their six defeats were no-doubters, and none came in back-to-back fashion.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
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The loss was Milwaukee’s fourth in the last five games, with three of those defeats coming by double-figures.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2026
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That last-minute development is reviving debate about the extent of state support for Vanke, one of the last major developers to have avoided an outright default after a broader property market slump sparked record debt failures in recent years.—
Bloomberg News,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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Studies show that hot spots cause 22 percent of PV module failures within just three years of operation.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The plethora of fourth-quarter collapses offers refuting evidence.—
Sam McDowell
January 27,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2026
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When software can be created, modified, and extended through natural language, the cost of variety collapses.—
John Sviokla,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Croppers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/croppers. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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