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has dropped

  • present perfect of drop (3rd person singular).

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El Paso’s total population is flat over the past decade, but the number of kids has dropped 9%.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

As you can also see from the chart, the spread is strongly mean-reverting: Whenever the spread has dropped significantly below its average, it soon rose back to that average — or higher.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Since 2022, ad spending on broadcast and cable TV has dropped 23%, to $51 billion in 2025.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

Sierra Leone's government has dropped its charges, including treason, against ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma, who was arrested in connection with an attempted coup nearly three years ago.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

According to Maddy and Stephanie, it looks like someone has dropped birdseed in the dough.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan