drops in

verb

present tense third-person singular of drop in
as in visits
to make a brief visit drop in any time—we're always home

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Recent Examples of drops in Not one player in the unit caught a deep pass during training camp’s first week, and the unit was plagued by drops in the first three practices. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026 The numbers across the city were a setback for Bass, who has made homelessness one of her signature issues and previously touted two straight years of drops in street homelessness. — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026 Previous winners of this award have earned big moves off the back of the achievement, but others have suffered drops in form afterwards. — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 18 July 2026 Both showed drops in pTau217, a blood biomarker linked to Alzheimer’s progression, of 47% and 19%. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026 Most don’t run that long in the first place, and ones that do often have films that suffer significant drops in quality. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 In addition to ground units, air rescue teams were called in to perform water drops in an effort to control the fast-moving flames. — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 15 June 2026 When testing multilayer pouch cells at a temperature of 25°C, the cells sustained continuous discharge rates reaching 5C without experiencing major drops in capacity. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 13 June 2026 All-female founding teams posted steeper drops in both deal value and count than mixed-gender cohorts. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drops in
  1. visits
  2. drops by
  3. runs in
  4. calls
  5. steps in
  6. comes over
Verb
  • Chang's 77-year-old mother, Lien, receives SNAP aid, too, and visits two food banks each week.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 July 2026
  • Chang's 77-year-old mother, Lien, receives SNAP aid, too, and visits two different food banks each week.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
Definition of visits
Verb
  • There were a few errant passes by Craig and Schobel, but the biggest problem was drops by the wide receivers.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 July 2026
  • However, once heated, its electrical resistance drops by four orders of magnitude, turning it into a shield.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026
Definition of drops by
Verb
  • Prior to the ninth, Miami scored five runs in the first two innings against Phillies starter Zack Wheeler to take a 5-2 lead.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 July 2026
  • The Braves next went to right-hander Tyler Kinley, who has given up eight homers and 18 runs in 36 innings pitched.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of runs in
Verb
  • Pinterest calls it scent stacking — and Aventura Mall is all in on the youthful luxury retail trend.
    — Howard Cohen July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
  • That thinking ultimately led to Bond Repair Treatment—or BRB, as Pratasiewicz affectionately calls it.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 31 July 2026
Definition of calls
Verb
  • Missing Link steps in to provide support while the police are doing their work.
    — Veronica Fulton, NBC news, 29 July 2026
  • The neighborhood/area Daunt’s sits in the middle of Montauk’s classic motel zone, with the Plaza and restaurants and shops along Highway 27 a few steps in one direction and Kirby Park Beach in the other.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
Definition of steps in
Verb
  • Wicked Wonderland comes over a decade after the original trilogy with Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce and Booboo Stewart arrived on the Disney Channel in 2015.
    — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
  • The latest escalation comes over a battle for the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Definition of comes over

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“Drops in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drops%20in. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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