: a decline especially in quantity or quality
a falloff in exports
a falloff of light intensity
fell off; fallen off; falling off; falls off
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of a ship
: to deviate to leeward of the point to which the bow was directed
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Examples of falloff in a Sentence
Noun
the falloff in sales was more than the store could weather and so its closing was inevitable
Verb
the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay
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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
San Diego’s overall falloff from 2023 to 2024 impacted all players, Shaw included.
—Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Todd Abeln, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Liam Payne died after falling off a third-floor story hotel room balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel on October 16, 2024.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 2 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The change in approach comes after a precipitous falloff in the U.K.’s overseas-aid spending in recent years and is nothing like the ambitious poverty-reduction agenda of the previous Labour government.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
San Diego’s overall falloff from 2023 to 2024 impacted all players, Shaw included.
—Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
That game was going Holy Family’s way until the third period when the wheels fell off for the Fire.
—Todd Abeln, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Liam Payne died after falling off a third-floor story hotel room balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel on October 16, 2024.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Falloff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/falloff. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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