Etymology
Origin of dropping
before 1000; Middle English; Old English droppung. See drop, -ing 1
Example Sentences
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And while the actual amount will vary on a club-by-club basis, football finance expert Kieran Maguire believes dropping out of the top flight in 2025-26 will cost clubs an average of £100m.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Markets aren’t as dumb as they sometimes seem, and there are two good reasons for tighter central-bank policy, or in the Fed’s case dropping plans to ease.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
It also sees inflation, as measured by annual changes in the consumer-price index, dropping to 2.2% in 2028 and then staying there through 2036.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Hipolito testified that he was dropping his sister off at work when he heard a girl screaming “I’m a U.S. citizen.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
She shuddered, dropping her line in so she didn’t have to look at it.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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