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past tense of drop
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to fail to win, gain, or obtain the local hockey team has dropped two out of the last three contests

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dropped

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adjective

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Recent Examples of dropped
Verb
This can often result in a delay in sound between the two ears, stuttering audio, or a dropped connection. Boone Ashworth, Wired, 6 Jan. 2020 The dropped charges included felony drug possession, trespassing and resisting arrest for allegedly biting the officer, police said. Taylor Romine, CNN, 6 Dec. 2019
Adjective
And Faith is well aware that Swift dropped her own record, Life of a Showgirl, the same day as her Cherry Valley. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025 But the biggest shift was at Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, which dropped 11 spots from last year. Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dropped
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dropped
Verb
  • Carr has barely attempted 30 passes in three games, but threw only 12 in a blowout win over Purdue.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In response, Clarkson burst into laughter and threw her hands in the air, as if she were absolved of her grief.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
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  • Onscreen, a bridezilla sent an equivalent table soaring through a banquet hall, felling at least one chandelier.
    Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
  • They’re supposed to do fine in extreme heat and snow, though residents of other cities have had to rescue them when they’ve been felled by weather.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
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  • But as the months have passed, Juni has stopped stashing food, loves to nap, and seems so much more at ease.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Carelessness and accidents happen, however, so take some time with each season to go through items and toss anything that’s faded, shattered, or stopped working.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025
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  • During a heavy storm, a Reddit user from Mumbai, India, found a cat abandoned outside a shop with her kittens—and the same cat is now the head of their household.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • That theory was strengthened when a grainy surveillance video seemed to capture the family of four crossing the border on the same day their car was abandoned.
    Mason Leath, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2025
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  • Authorities said at the time that the victim apparently plunged from a steep embankment.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • In the summer of 2022 when inflation was raging at four-decade highs and consumer sentiment plunged to its lowest level on record, Americans continued to spend at a solid clip in the following months.
    Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
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  • With Gein, Murphy has produced a story that weighs in on an existing urgent conversation happening right now.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
  • So far this season, the Atlantic Ocean's hurricane basin has produced four hurricanes and five tropical storms.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Defenders downed or suppressed 439 drones and 39 missiles, the air force said, with eight other missiles failing to reach their targets.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Report downed power lines to the police.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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  • Since May 2020, at least 20 homes have been lost.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Data from the commission show from 2020 to 2023, consumers lost more than $110 million in scams involving Bitcoin ATMs.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Dropped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dropped. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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