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drop

noun as in single globule of liquid; small amount of anything

noun as in steep decline; hole

verb as in fall in globules

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What’s capping the upside, and threatening a drop, is the rampaging price that’s waxed three times as fast as profits.

From Fortune

Although the idea remains a long-shot in the vaccine race, an attenuated coronavirus could be formulated into inexpensive nose drops for use around the world.

The drop in labor participation from EU nationals suggests many workers went home during the pandemic, perhaps because of travel restrictions, Raja said.

From Quartz

If you notice a drop in traffic on Friday evening for a few hours, and your site is often in the Top Stories section in Google Search – this may be why.

I think one estimate is that they’ll only be able to produce 50 million phones next year, so there’s a huge drop.

From Fortune

During an emergency that ratio could be allowed to drop to 8.5 people per orbit.

But with the pipeline, transportation costs drop and production would be higher.

Then, depending on how urgent I think it is to get it, sometimes I have to go back home and drop it off.

Many times, victims drop out of school, while their alleged attackers graduate.

A Change.org petition asking A&E to drop the show is already making the rounds online.

Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"

At a quarter past seven he took his leave and we let drop our anchor where we were, off Cape Tekke.

Now and then he touched one with his long and sallow fingers, lifted its cover, then let it drop mechanically.

In fact, on the palm a small drop of blood showed distinctly against the firm, pink flesh.

In fact, on the Professor's right hand there showed a drop of blood, perceptibly larger this time than before.

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On this page you'll find 502 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to drop, such as: bead, bit, bubble, crumb, dab, and dash.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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