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as in fell
to decline gradually from a standard level
the store's quality of service began to slip after the new owners took over
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as in stumbled
to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily
be careful not to slip on the spilled oil
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as in infiltrated
to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way
casually slipped it into the conversation
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as in flowed
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
jumped into the car and slipped behind the wheel
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as in shed
to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside
periodically crabs slip their shells and grow new ones
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Recent Examples of slipped
On Tuesday, French Open champion Alexander Zverev slipped worryingly on the baseline but was able to get straight back up.
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Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
3 July 2026
The employment-to-population ratio slipped to 59% in June, the lowest since October 2021.
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Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
One climber slipped and fell about 700 feet after his equipment was not properly fastened, according to the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office and climbing ranger Nick Meyers.
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James Ward,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Lewis Hamilton, who entered the Austrian Grand Prix weekend occupying second in the standings, has slipped to third place following his P5 race result and is currently six points behind Russell and 46 points away from the leader.
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Yara Elshebiny,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Circle’s stock slipped 13% after the announcement and now trades at $66 per share.
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Camila Grigera Naón,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
Mission slipped into 2025 because ULA needed more Vulcan rocket hardware beyond Cert-2 and the two USSF missions that took priority over the Dream Chaser flight.
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Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2026
During the 2018 World Cup, the world’s countries deemed to be democracies had risen to almost 60, using Polity data, while authoritarian states slipped to 12%.
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John A. Tures,
The Conversation,
26 June 2026
At the time, the ranch said the giraffe had likely slipped through an enclosure gate and wandered into surrounding private ranchland.
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Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
3 July 2026
The employment-to-population ratio slipped to 59% in June, the lowest since October 2021.
—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
One climber slipped and fell about 700 feet after his equipment was not properly fastened, according to the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office and climbing ranger Nick Meyers.
—
James Ward,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Lewis Hamilton, who entered the Austrian Grand Prix weekend occupying second in the standings, has slipped to third place following his P5 race result and is currently six points behind Russell and 46 points away from the leader.
—
Yara Elshebiny,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Circle’s stock slipped 13% after the announcement and now trades at $66 per share.
—
Camila Grigera Naón,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
Mission slipped into 2025 because ULA needed more Vulcan rocket hardware beyond Cert-2 and the two USSF missions that took priority over the Dream Chaser flight.
—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2026
During the 2018 World Cup, the world’s countries deemed to be democracies had risen to almost 60, using Polity data, while authoritarian states slipped to 12%.
—
John A. Tures,
The Conversation,
26 June 2026
At the time, the ranch said the giraffe had likely slipped through an enclosure gate and wandered into surrounding private ranchland.
—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slipped
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That the forest below has not been felled but has swelled, along with its creatures, is hugely the work of Dharana’s owners, the de Souza family.
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The most dangerous situation appeared to be on Barrington Avenue, west of East Dundee Village Hall, where a light, a utility pole and part of a parkway tree were felled by strong winds, leaving power lines dangling across the road.
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The day after the earthquakes, some volunteers stumbled upon a 7-year-old boy named Mateo, shirtless and covered in debris, sitting by himself on a sidewalk in La Guaira.
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Scientists have stumbled on a rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica, tucked away for decades in a drawer.
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The Ukrainian military said Saturday that small groups of Russian soldiers had infiltrated the town, but counter-sabotage operations were ongoing.
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The same informant then infiltrated a second conference, in 2020.
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When grounders sneaked through the infield, his body language was uneventful.
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Some stuff released a bit earlier this week and snuck past me.
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Missile and drone stockpiles grew as money flowed to terrorist proxies across the Middle East.
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Energy flowed out of my body like sweat on a blistering hot day.
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Three extraordinary new books, published this year, shed light on the brilliance and complexity of Morrison’s life and work, and place her as an American eminence, a visionary who saw fiction as a means through which to recast her country’s story.
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The bipartisan Colorado Polling Institute released a survey that sheds some more light on Melat Kiros win.
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From there, however, his scoring pace sagged somewhat down the stretch of Frölunda’s season.
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Weiss had initially sought to reinvent the CBS Evening News, dropping a two-anchor format that had sagged in the ratings.
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Mysterio tripped Page onto the second rope, but Page cut off Rey Mysterio with a big boot as Rey attempted a 619.
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The Kospi, half the value of which is made up of just two tech behemoths (SK Hynix and Samsung), tripped another circuit breaker Friday, leading to a 20-minute trading break.
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