dropped (off)

past tense of drop (off)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dropped (off)
Verb
  • Production at the company’s mill grew 124 percent, but carbon emissions and electricity consumption decreased 18 percent, respectively.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
  • These numbers have since decreased—only 16% live in poverty and 35% of Gen Z are considered low-income as of 2023—but these numbers are still notably higher than those of millennials, Gen Xers and baby boomers.
    Ashleigh N. DeLuca, Parents, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • According to Infanti, some typical impacts of a La Niña winter can include cooler temperatures over the northern United States, and diminished storm track activity over the southern tier of the United States leading to milder-than-normal temperatures and below-normal precipitation.
    Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Though the region’s trade reliance on Washington has rapidly diminished as China has become its biggest market, several nations still rely on the US for a large share of their exports, the loss of which would put millions of livelihoods at risk.
    Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Now imagine he was felled by an assassin’s bullet.
    David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The rebuilding took 1,200 oak trees felled from forests across France to replace the framework of the roof and 1,000 construction workers.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • NurPhoto via Getty Images After waves of nostalgia subsided and Newcastle United’s raucous, special atmosphere calmed, FC Barcelona set about teaching a clinic.
    Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Late into the night, the attacks subsided.
    Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Speleology fell away as a formal academic discipline after the war, Mattes explains.
    Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Questions were fielded, concerns aired, and one by one, the reservations fell away.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Dropped (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dropped%20%28off%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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