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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Noun
There was some significant buzz in the comments following the trailer dropping.—
David Hookstead Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
21 July 2026 Signs that cucumber plants should be replaced include symptoms of disease, pest damage, yellow or dropping leaves, and in some cases, frost damage.—
Alexandra Jones,
The Spruce,
20 July 2026
Verb
The aerial drones then attacked from above, dropping munitions on the position where the defenders had taken cover.—
Vikram Mittal,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2026 After soaring in recent months on AI enthusiasm, chipmakers are dropping sharply.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for dropping
When not elbow-deep in dino dung or outrunning raptors, Laura Dern's heartfelt performance in Jurassic Park shows why women really deserve to inherit the Earth — and all of the acting awards.
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Huntley Woods,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 June 2026
The team ended up with a jar of elephant dung scent.
The Royals have no reason to give up on their hard-throwing right-hander this season.
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Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
23 July 2026
Arrabaca is accused of firing a BB gun down the street, pouring flammable liquid in front of the building's employee entrance, setting the liquid on fire and throwing fireworks onto the flames, federal prosecutors said.
Three years after buying Bellus Health and its chronic cough candidate camlipixant for around $2 billion, GSK is abandoning the program, Pharmaphorum points out.
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Ed Silverman,
STAT,
17 July 2026
The idea of abandoning the whole schedule alarmed several health officials, including then-FDA commissioner Marty Makary and Tracy Beth Høeg, one of his top deputies, four sources said.
Buzzy semiconductor stocks that surged earlier this year have struggled to maintain their momentum, with the popular iShares Semiconductor index falling nearly 20% from its early-June peak.
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Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
23 July 2026
That surpasses the original Galaxy Watch Ultra's 590mAh cell, which lasted 46 hours in my testing with the always-on display enabled, again falling just short of the company’s estimate (48 hours).
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