drops
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Cox Automative expects sales drops of more than nine percent for both General Motors and Ford compared with a year earlier, when both automakers reported sizzling sales amid the tariff headlines.
From Barron's
“Your bandwidth requirement significantly drops, your memory storage size significantly drops and the energy that you consume to move the data…is reduced in a big way,” Salek said.
The Chinese share of American imports drops to the lowest level since 2001, but overall U.S. goods trade deficit rises.
The wind has finally picked up, followed by big, fat drops of rain, and a full downpour begins.
From Literature
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With his legs split apart, he grabs his ankles and drops his head between his knees.
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