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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
Windass struggled, the sight of the 31-year-old dropping so deep 10 minutes from time to take the ball off Max Cleworth inside his own half summing up how disjointed the visitors had become. Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025 The place was a dump, with paint chipping from the ceilings, floors slanted at strange angles, rodent droppings situated along the floorboards, and paper-thin walls that welcomed in bitter winter air. Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
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After dropping the kids off, Molly returned home to work, while Matt went inside the church for the first weekly Wednesday school mass of the academic year. Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025 Robbers used a crane to access the museum, took nine pieces, and escaped on motorbikes after dropping one, French officials said. Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dropping
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dropping
Noun
  • Rodents left dung pieces in the bun storage area (over 25); dry storage shelves (over 10); the front counter cabinet where the soda machine equipment is (over 10); and behind the air conditioning unit on the second floor (over 20).
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Or that tossed off, scrapped, relegated to the dung heap of failed work, the unconscious keeps turning and turning the deep images and obsessions.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
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  • Jourdan is a relatively calm ghost (staff report objects being moved around the restaurant), but there’s a slightly more active spirit in the Courtyard Bar, where there have been three instances of an unknown source throwing a glass from across the room.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The duo is throwing a party—Eileen will be there, along with her current paramour, also a collaborator in her work, Thea Clifton (Imogen Poots)—though tragedy will strike by the night’s end.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
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  • Beyond Meat shares have collapsed over the past five years, starting with a 48% plunge in 2021 and plunging further until Roundhill Investments added the stock to its Roundhill Meme Stock ETF (MEME) on Monday.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
  • For the nuptials, Bella wore an plunging green gown with pleating on the bodice and a thigh-high slit up the floor-sweeping ruffled skirt.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • Sabatini said that former President Ronald Reagan's doctrine included intervening on behalf of and supporting military governments with the intention of stopping the spread of communism.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Sabres goalie Alex Lyon had about as much chance of stopping the shot as an extra-large pepperoni and bacon stood of surviving a Friday night in the Kloke household.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
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  • In fact, 50% of organizations who expected to significantly reduce their customer service workforce by 2027, are now abandoning these plans, according to Gartner, Inc.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • In September, she was indicted on charges of abandoning a child without intent to return, leaving a child without proper care and two counts of injury to a child, according to court documents.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
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  • This just makes the upcoming six-game homestand critical for the Wild in not falling too far behind in the Western Conference.
    Joe Smith, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • After the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time since December 2024 last month, experts projected that rates would continue falling—even if ever so slightly.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
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  • There are videos flying around, with or without context; the US government is producing some, promoting others from random X accounts.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The rubber band helps players perform an elastic muscle contraction while jumping at the same time, producing a plyometric contraction, which helps develop the kind of muscle power that leads to the explosiveness footballers need.
    Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
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  • Prosecutor Andrew Figliuzzi claimed Chambers dined at a Houston restaurant before hitting three bars on the night of the crash, per the Chronicle, allegedly downing at least six alcoholic beverages and using cocaine.
    KC Baker, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Have an experience close to sipping wine than downing grain alcohol.
    Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Dropping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dropping. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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