as in decrease
the amount by which something is lessened
the falloff in sales was more than the store could weather and so its closing was inevitable
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as in to curve
to turn away from a straight line or course
the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay
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Recent Examples of falloff
Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
But the gains among older women are nowhere near enough to counter the sharp falloff in younger generations.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
Apparently medals are falling off their ribbons left and right.
—Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 11 Feb. 2026
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Noun
The factors behind the falloff are multifaceted and several are systemic in nature.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
But the gains among older women are nowhere near enough to counter the sharp falloff in younger generations.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
Following a relatively fruitful 2025, crypto-venture-capital deals have fallen off a cliff over the past few months.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
Apparently medals are falling off their ribbons left and right.
—Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for falloff
Noun
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Bass and her campaign team have sought to highlight a list of accomplishments, including a steady decrease in homicides, a drop in street homelessness and her efforts to accelerate the construction of affordable housing.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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This was a decrease from a 2023 assessment.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The path begins in Siberia, curves around the North Pole past Greenland and Iceland, then crosses Spain before ending in the Mediterranean sunset.—
Ryan Craggs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
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Some of them were curved like a hook.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Feb. 2026
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Most executive conversations about AI focus on risk, regulation, or cost reduction.—
David Heacock,
Fortune,
8 Feb. 2026
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Improvements like reduction in poverty and crime come when households are stable and not deprived of basic necessities.—
Mansoor Shams,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Feb. 2026
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Axios ran these numbers, and calculated the decline in wages as a share of gross domestic income adding up to $12,000; as in, that’s how much less per year the average American is bringing home as a result of this dynamic.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Pacific Islander students and American Indian students were the only two student groups out of 11 total who saw a decline in this metric in the same period.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Feb. 2026
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But gold prices have been extraordinary volatile, smashing through record highs before posting their biggest single-day drop on record last month.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Sharp drops hit Wall Street on Thursday as technology stocks fell and bitcoin plunged again to roughly half its record price set last fall.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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Fill in any deeper scratches or dents with a wax wood repair kit to match.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2026
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The tariffs helped put a dent in the pace of the budget deficit.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Falloff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falloff. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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