STAYS (AT) Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

stays (at)

verb

present tense third-person singular of stay (at)

as in runs (in)

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drops in

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Spend typically drops in the days after a false decline, and some customers never fully recover.

— Julie Conroy, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Since banning poppy cultivation in 2022, opium production has fallen by about 95%, which the UNODC and other experts call one of the most drastic drops in illicit drug production in modern history.

— Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026

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