How to Use drop-off in a Sentence

drop-off

1 of 2 noun

• Or a tumbler stamped with your catchy tagline to show off during school drop-off and pickup?
  — Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Country Living, 24 Feb. 2023
• Teamsters internal polling found a huge drop-off from Biden to Harris.
  — Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
• Since the bookstore closed, the Hudsons have noticed a drop-off in the number of guests at their hotel.
  — Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2023
• While a steady decline is expected of most shows, this sort of drop-off lined up with other recent shows that got canceled by Netflix.
  — Travis Bean, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
• An indoor countertop or under-sink model is likely best for those who want to store food waste prior to taking it to a compost drop-off.
  — Sarah Wharton, Good Housekeeping, 17 Feb. 2023
• This center opens at 5:30 a.m. to cover the first-shift employees and also serves as a pick-up/drop-off point for school bus routes.
  — Priya Krishnan, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• Roving like hungry jackals, smallmouth bass will move down and along drop-offs, hunting for the holdout crayfish, leeches, and insects along their way.
  — Kubie Brown, Outdoor Life, 3 Oct. 2024
• Quaker Foods North America reported the steepest drop-off in volume, with a 13% slide.
  — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024
• This means that when container vessels divert to other ports instead of the original stop, the importer of the cargo must pay for the storage and transportation costs after the drop-off—not the carrier.
  — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2024
• There will be a valet lane and drop-off lane on Wells Street.
  — Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2024
• If not, use Earth911’s search tool to see if there is a drop-off nearby.
  — Treehugger Editors, Treehugger, 31 Mar. 2023
• As the transport nears the drop-off point, the ramp lowers and a drag parachute sucks the pallet out of the plane.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2023
• Rideshare and taxi: The drop-off and pickup spot will be at the corner of 10th and Polco Streets.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 14 May 2024
• The exact reason for the home price drop-off is unclear.
  — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
• Instead, the drop-off in meme stock shares happened in a matter of days.
  — Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 16 May 2024
• Further from the pavilion, plans for the parking lot call for a large space for drop-off.
  — Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
• At times, the trail itself could be less than four feet wide with sheer drop-off cliffs right next to us.
  — Michael Clinton, Men's Health, 14 June 2023
• The hotel has an in-house car for local drop-offs and pickups.
  — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2023
• Find your usual drop-off spot and walk with your child to where their class meets before the bell rings.
  — Contributing Writer, Orange County Register, 6 Aug. 2024
• The trip to the drop-off point – Kahekili Beach Park, just north of Lahaina – takes just over an hour.
  — Paul P. Murphy, CNN, 12 Aug. 2023
• Police found a ledger with states written down for pick-up and drop-off sites for dogs.
  — Sarah Nelson, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
• This would include drop-off and pick-up times, Olsen wrote in an email to The Sacramento Bee.
  — Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2024
• Christmas trees do not need to be cut down for recycling at the drop-off.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2023
• Airports can still set pick-up and drop-off fees for customers’ trips.
  — Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 14 June 2023
• On their son’s first day at a new school, her friend Mr. Blasberg went with Ms. Zhukova to drop-off.
  — Caitlin Moscatello, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
• Where is the rideshare drop-off and pick-up area at Paycor Stadium?
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 24 July 2024
• Plus, the drop-off spot must be within a store’s delivery zone.
  — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 20 June 2023
• There was no drop-off by Stafford in the defeat, which ended when the Ravens returned a punt for a touchdown.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• Juneau Avenue is the drop-off spot, including for ride-shares.
  — Journal Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2024
• His drop-off over the previous three seasons was steep, but the move was still jarring.
  — Austin Knoblauchassistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2023

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drop off

2 of 2 verb

• Eminem has dropped off a pair of singles ahead of the project.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 9 July 2024
• In the video, the moose takes long steps past the school, walking by cars lined up to drop off children for the day.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
• Around the same time, the car’s owner was dropped off to the location by an Uber.
  — Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 29 May 2024
• Then his brother had dropped off González at an aunt’s house to sleep.
  — Kate Linthicum, Keri Blakinger and Connor Sheets, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2023
• Once all the blooms have dropped off, trim off the flower spike just above the second node (small bump) up from the base of the plant.
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2023
• It was wheeled outside and dropped off in a nearby stream.
  — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2024
• Carr, says Haggard, had just dropped off a fare when she was shot in her car.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2023
• The twins were dropped off at about 9:30 a.m. Monday to the Detroit Police's 9th Precinct.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 22 Aug. 2023
• Three from last year dropped off and the cut-off to make the list increased to $1 billion from $960 million.
  — Naazneen Karmali, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
• Mail ballots must be dropped off at the polls by 8 p.m. on Election Day.
  — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2024
• Home prices peak from May through August, then drop off.
  — Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
• And that Alix Earle, is how moms dress for pick up and drop off . . .
  — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 24 Oct. 2023
• Gibson dropped off a package at a home on a dead-end road, Bates said.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 17 Aug. 2023
• Before then, meals were driven to and dropped off at school each day.
  — Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2024
• Door plugs are dropping off of Boeing 737 and small planes alike.
  — Angela Haupt, TIME, 10 May 2024
• Generally, the best prices tend to drop off once the flight is less than three weeks out.
  — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2024
• Seems like there could have been another round in between the first two to even out the drop off, yeah?
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2023
• Four of the men were dropped off at a hospital with gunshot wounds, Howard said.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2023
• For a $25 fee, parents can drop off their kids at the children's club and enjoy a date night.
  — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2023
• Parents were given maps of the parking lots and plans for how to drop off children.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 1 Sep. 2023
• Carr, an Uber driver, dropped off a friend at the store moments before she was killed.
  — USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
• Maybe they were even being dropped off from other cities.
  — Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 7 Nov. 2023
• Best Buy and Staples allow customers to drop off items in store for free.
  — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 17 Jan. 2023
• Soon thereafter, a school bus dropped off Noem's children.
  — CBS News, 27 Apr. 2024
• Two days later, she was led to a bus and dropped off at a shelter, with no idea as to her son’s whereabouts.
  — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• She was dropped off at the park in a Tupperware container in 2021.
  — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
• Getting dropped off at the Academy Awards this year in a school bus with the rest of the crew was another high point.
  — Cathy Free, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
• Her 10-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son rang the doorbell and dropped off a Halloween goody bag on the porch for the girl's friend, police said.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
• The payments drop off the farther people lived from the derailment down to as little as a few hundred dollars at the outer edges.
  — Josh Funk, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2024
• Gift your old pots and pans sets to a young family member moving into their first apartment, and drop off that unopened panini press at a donation center.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Oct 2024