dropping (off)

verb

Definition of dropping (off)next
present participle of drop (off)
as in decreasing
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually my interest in photography has dropped off over the years

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dropping (off)
  1. decreasing
  2. diminishing
  3. subsiding
  4. falling away
  5. declining
  6. tapering off
  7. falling
Verb
  • The sterile male flies mated with fertile female flies, but the interactions didn’t produce offspring, decreasing the overall fly population.
    — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
  • The result is increasing structural lifespan and decreasing potentially massive costs during work disruption, repair, and replacement.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 July 2026
Definition of decreasing
Verb
  • Plants and animals keenly sense the diminishing light, which acts as a master biological clock that triggers changes such as migration, shifting hormone levels and winter coat growth.
    — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Without diminishing that aspect of music, Musical Bodies rightly situates as much meaning in the objects themselves.
    — Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of diminishing
Verb
  • India, one of the world's most prolific IPO markets, was gearing up for issues worth $50 billion as tension in the Middle East were subsiding.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 9 July 2026
  • The afternoon started tough until the wind kept subsiding, and players began taking aim at flags.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
Definition of subsiding
Verb
  • When algorithms see these frictions falling away, the need for a driver premium plummets, deflating the surge price.
    — Christopher S. Tang, The Conversation, 8 July 2026
  • But the memorandum drafted between Kyiv and Washington on an early-stage drone deal appears to suggest those obstacles may be falling away.
    — Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 12 May 2026
Definition of falling away
Verb
  • Wine consumption as a whole is declining, according to the French Agriculture Ministry, with the government funding permanent vineyard removal in some cases.
    — Martina Di Licosa, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • Some factors outside of districts’ control, such as the declining birth rate and competition with the private sector, could be contributing to this trend, according to local and state education leaders.
    — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026
Definition of declining
Verb
  • The rain will be tapering off and skies will be clearing in the afternoon.
    — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • The large multi-state outbreak in 2013 went from June to August before tapering off.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 July 2026
Definition of tapering off
Verb
  • Global markets were also mixed, with South Korea’s Kospi stock index falling another 6% Wednesday as doubts over massive investments in artificial intelligence once again led investors to dump chipmakers’ shares.
    — Yuri Kageyama, Fortune, 29 July 2026
  • Hikers in an area of the San Bernardino National Forest are being warned of falling rocks after one woman was injured, and another woman died after she was suspected to have been hit in the head by a large boulder.
    — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Definition of falling
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“Dropping (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dropping%20%28off%29. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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