- present participle of drop.
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Etymology
Origin of dropping
before 1000; Middle English; Old English droppung. See drop, -ing 1
Example Sentences
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Dropping coverage exposes patients to potentially high costs at the doctor’s office.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Dropping back down to the lower divisions appears to be the most likely route for Inoue, and preliminary talks are under way, external for a fight with pound-for-pound star Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
Unable to deliver cars to the Gulf, Grimaldi found a fix acceptable to his clients: Dropping the cargo off at a port in Kenya that had a well-guarded place to keep it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Dropping temperatures are forecast to bring several inches of snow to Southern California mountains.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
Dropping to the ground, I pick up a sharp-shinned hawk.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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