as in decrease
the amount by which something is lessened
the falloff in sales was more than the store could weather and so its closing was inevitable
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as in to curve
to turn away from a straight line or course
the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay
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Recent Examples of falloff
Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 31 July 2025
The panel’s lack of enthusiasm for this category expresses itself in a drastic falloff after the first three contenders, as different from each other as TV movies can be.
—Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Callum Sutherland, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Collier’s jumper at the buzzer fell off the iron, and five more minutes were put on the game clock.
—Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
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Noun
That’s a dramatic falloff, one that suggests Ceci is probably a lot closer to third-pair territory these days.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 31 July 2025
The panel’s lack of enthusiasm for this category expresses itself in a drastic falloff after the first three contenders, as different from each other as TV movies can be.
—Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Verb
The crown is cracked and one of the spikes has fallen off.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Collier’s jumper at the buzzer fell off the iron, and five more minutes were put on the game clock.
—Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for falloff
Noun
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Trends observed include increases in hot extremes and extreme single-day precipitation events, declines in cold extremes, regional shifts in annual precipitation, warming of the Earth's oceans, a decrease in ocean pH, rising sea levels, and an increase in wildfire severity.—
Connor Giffin,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 Sep. 2025
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But as Idzik elaborated on Thursday, the decrease in play is a product of situational football — and far from a result of Renfrow’s play.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The difference in the zero-point energy of space between those two locations tells us, as first derived in Hawking’s 1974 paper, that radiation will be emitted from the region around the black hole, where space is curved the most strongly.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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The angles of the rooms are all curved, and there’s a circular quality to the sets that gives the impression that nothing leads anywhere.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
22 Sep. 2025
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Most of the more than 200 HIV cases in the region are connected to Mass and Cass drug injection, Ojikutu said, adding that the number would be higher without the city’s harm reduction approach.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
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The episode walks viewers from initial flights on the aluminium frame, through the carbon-fibre upgrade, wheel retraction and steering tests, to final flights after iterative weight reduction and control tuning.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Sep. 2025
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The rise in premium leisure travel post-pandemic has replaced some of the decline in corporate travel.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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Researchers have found that the Mediterranean and DASH diets protect against cognitive decline.—
Patty Weasler,
Verywell Health,
24 Sep. 2025
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The Dorsey Moissanite collection is here, and with Vogue First, Vogue Shopping readers get exclusive access to shop the new drop before anyone else for 24 hours.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
25 Sep. 2025
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In an exclusive conversation with Travel + Leisure, Kardashian spilled all the details about her latest Fabletics drop, her go-to airport uniform, and the clever packing tricks that make back-to-back trips feel seamless.—
Annita Katee,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Sep. 2025
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The production came just in time to help the Angels (72-88) put a serious dent in the Astros’ chances of going to the playoffs.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
27 Sep. 2025
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The surge in demand helped put a significant dent in what’s been a vast oversupply of new homes on the market.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Falloff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falloff. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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