- present participle of drop.
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Etymology
Origin of dropping
before 1000; Middle English; Old English droppung. See drop, -ing 1
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This feedback system, known as closed-loop control, is intended to prevent blood sugar from dropping dangerously low.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
Oil prices fell, with benchmark Brent crude for January delivery dropping 3.8% to trade just above $109 a barrel, while the West Texas Intermediate contract for December fell below $100 a barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
After dropping her off, Richardson quickly arranged to swap the Volvo for a silver Ford Transit work van with an associate.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Read: Amazon earnings are out and the stock is dropping.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Father Julien assumes the Americans are dropping leaflets, providing instructions or words of encouragement to the internees.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
To see that structure “so dilapidated and dirty and covered in bird droppings and decades of grime, it broke my heart,” Marsak said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Khan also said there had been rats at the venue for a long time and that cleaners were told to check daily for rat droppings.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
They can get into light beams and factory equipment, and buffing bird droppings out of freshly-painted vehicles is no easy task.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The discovery suggests that other fossilized droppings stored in museums or still waiting to be found could contain similarly delicate remains that have gone unnoticed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
He raised his muzzle to catch the scents wafting from the valley: some jays and a few stale elk droppings; several storm-broken spruce; lots of willow herb and withered blueberries.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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