1
: a very steep or perpendicular descent
2
: a marked dwindling or decline
a drop-off in attendance
3
: the act or an instance of making a usually brief deposit or delivery
drop-off points along the route
dropped off; dropping off; drops off
: to fall asleep
Examples of drop-off in a Sentence
Noun
the drop-off in movie attendance was the greatest in more than a decade
Verb
my interest in photography has dropped off over the years
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2026
That’s what some travelers flying out of Logan Airport in Boston will be able to do starting on June 1 as the TSA attempts to relieve congestion inside the terminal and at drop-off points.
—Dave Lozo, Fortune, 19 May 2026
Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 18 May 2026
The deadline to vote early in person has passed, but mail-in ballots can still be dropped off ahead of the election.
—Finch Walker, USA Today, 18 May 2026
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Noun
Some companies are designing tugs that could boost missions from their drop-off orbits to higher altitudes, potentially even to the Moon or beyond the Solar System.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2026
That’s what some travelers flying out of Logan Airport in Boston will be able to do starting on June 1 as the TSA attempts to relieve congestion inside the terminal and at drop-off points.
—Dave Lozo, Fortune, 19 May 2026
Verb
Very simply, the existing cell phone lot could be renamed a Drop-Off/Pick-Up lot, where departing passengers could be dropped off and shuttled to the terminal by bus, and arriving passengers could be taken back to the lot for pickup.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 18 May 2026
The deadline to vote early in person has passed, but mail-in ballots can still be dropped off ahead of the election.
—Finch Walker, USA Today, 18 May 2026
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“Drop-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drop-off. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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