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droppings plural solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal the only bad part about owning a rabbit was cleaning the droppings out of the litter box every night

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present participle 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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Recent Examples of dropping
Noun
There was also evidence that rats had been in the trunk — not just droppings, but chunks of paper had bite marks on the corners, and chew-sized pieces of other pages were missing. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2025 Adams and the Justice Department denied there was a quid pro quo involved in the dropping of the charges. Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
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Boho is saying goodbye (at least for the time being) after struggling to stay afloat amid dropping sales. Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025 The clip, reposted by Live Bitez, sent fans scrambling for what could be her next move, aside from dropping her fourth baby in the upcoming months. Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dropping
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dropping
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  • And like the wildebeest, bison dung packs a nutritional punch when deposited across the landscape.
    Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Decades before Colorado’s best singers, dancers and actors graced the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in downtown Denver, workers pushed brooms across the stage to clean up elephant dung, rodeo sawdust, and blood spatters from boxing matches.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 28 Aug. 2025
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  • Country music artist Morgan Wallen initially denied throwing a chair off the roof of Nashville bar Chief’s in 2024, according to police video footage obtained by The Associated Press.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In April 2024, Wallen was arrested after throwing a chair off the sixth-story roof of Eric Church’s new bar and honky-tonk, Chief’s, in downtown Nashville.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
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  • The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey report for August, which was released on Tuesday, showed that construction job openings were nearly halved, plunging by 115,000 roles — the second-largest drop on record.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Madonna opted for a black satin look with a plunging neckline that showed off a hint of cleavage, while Lourdes also went for a plunging scoop neck dress that showed off her tattoos.
    Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
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  • That suit, which Lukenbill’s attorneys Brad Carroll and Michael Laino filed July 11, was primarily concerned with stopping efforts by the city to limit occupancy at the bar.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Chappell Roan’s new hair color Based on reviews of the New York shows, KC audiences should expect show-stopping moments, a new hair color for the famous redhead, an emotional speech of thanks and perhaps a special guest.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
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  • Still, large pools of undeployed capital remain available, and major institutional players show little sign of abandoning real estate as a core asset class.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Democrats returned to Washington to demonstrate unity and accuse GOP leaders of abandoning negotiations.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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  • With less money being invested by record labels into touring, that has created a top-heavy artist hierarchy, with the rich getting richer and the poor and middle class falling by the wayside.
    Roy Trakin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The group acknowledged a need to modernize the government's data gathering processes, which have been hampered by falling survey response rates.
    Scott Horsley, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
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  • That woke me up to the bogus nature of the operators using the web and producing ads and subscriptions.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The contamination was discovered when one of the producing companies collected samples of the pre-cooked pasta in part of the ongoing investigation, per the FSIS.
    Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
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  • Russia's Defense Ministry reported downing a total of 2,788 long-range Ukrainian drones during September, at an average of just under 93 per day.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Jim Lorentz crossed paths with the American Motel in Wheat Ridge many times — whether as a cop hauling out a domestic violence suspect, as a diner downing comfort food in the restaurant or as a guest in the Elvis suite on his wedding night.
    John Aguilar, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025

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“Dropping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dropping. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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