fallen off

past participle of fall off
as in curved
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 fallen off Paljor is believed to have fallen off the mountain; his body was never found. — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026 The show’s audience, both worldwide and in the United States, had fallen off in the fourth and fifth seasons. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026 Arkansas’ running game has fallen off A much grimmer running game story is the one at Arkansas. — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 State police said one person was reported to have fallen off a roof. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 Sep. 2026 If Jenn is low-hanging fruit for Victoria, Carmella is whatever’s fallen off the tree and spoiled on the ground. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026 The California condo is dying Condo construction in California has fallen off dramatically since the early 2000s, severely limiting access to the entry-level market for homeownership. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 So far, only a handful of restaurants have lost favor with the guide and fallen off the list, including Wyld in Beaver Creek and AJ’s Pit Bar-B-Q in Denver (even before it was engulfed in scandal). — Jonathan Shikes, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2026 As a shocking chart by the Wall Street Journal illustrates, the amount of capital spent on non-data center construction in the US has quite literally fallen off a cliff, while the capital deployed to build data centers soars into the stratosphere. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 3 Sep. 2026
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  • The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art’s central plaza, which spreads out beneath the building’s curved, hovering form, was always meant to be a generous civic space.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The signature curved heel from the designer’s Larroudé past collections returns, but this time also in a kitten heel iteration.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
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  • As Florida and Alabama cleaned up after Isaias swept through the day before, the storm’s remnants brought the risk of flooding to the Appalachians and the mid-Atlantic region on Sunday.
    — Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Related Though local law enforcement swept Tulsa’s BOK Center and its surroundings and determined the threat was not credible on Friday, the show was still called off.
    — Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 11 Oct. 2026

Cite this Entry

“Fallen off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fallen%20off. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

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