as in visitors
a person who visits another
we're having open house for New Year's, and drop-ins are welcome to come and go as they please
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Recent Examples of drop-ins
Tailgates are one of the few social events at which unexpected drop-ins are actually expected.
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
Hollywood drop-ins were dime a dozen in Agrestic, Ren Mar, and wherever else the Botwins set up shop.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
Hollywood drop-ins were dime a dozen in Agrestic, Ren Mar, and wherever else the Botwins set up shop.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drop-ins
Noun
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This precludes it from accommodating thousands of visitors eager to witness simulated slaughter.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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Welcome visitors with a friendly family of cheerful squash in your yard.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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An army of around 200 volunteers from the church and several charities were making food, picking up trash, guiding guests and MC'ing dance showcases, said Mary Cantrell, who has been a key organizer since 1993.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2025
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Starks’ dream is to someday visit the Warren Occult Museum in Connecticut, which is closed to the public, but open to guests who book overnight stays at the home of late, famed ghost hunters Ed and Lorraine Warren.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Some callers said the individual appeared to be the missing woman.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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Here’s what scouts have gotten right and wrong about the top signal callers.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Drop-ins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drop-ins. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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