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
Ted Reed, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
All numbers five-on-five, via Natural Stat Trick This is an extreme falloff in performance.
—Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Gerrit Ritt, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
Then the wheels fell off last year, stumbling down to 9-31 with the worst defense in the WNBA.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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Noun
No analysts asked questions about Europe origination traffic or the falloff in government sales.
—Ted Reed, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
All numbers five-on-five, via Natural Stat Trick This is an extreme falloff in performance.
—Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Verb
Russell Henley Currently ranked eighth in the latest Official World Golf Rankings, Henley has seemingly fallen off a cliff over the past month.
—Gerrit Ritt, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
Then the wheels fell off last year, stumbling down to 9-31 with the worst defense in the WNBA.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for falloff
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Hard Rock Northern Indiana saw a decrease in earnings with about $38.5 million reported for March 2025 compared to $42.6 million reported in March 2024.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
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The annual point-in-time count, which was publicly released Tuesday, saw decreases in shelters and on sidewalks.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 May 2025
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Jay Hook had a degree in engineering and was the rare pitcher who could explain how a curveball curves.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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Her one-shoulder design was perfectly tailored to curve to her body for sleek yet stylish sophistication.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
5 May 2025
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The bill earmarks a reduction of federal matching funds for Medicaid expansion populations, decreasing the current 90 percent federal contribution to the standard range of 50 to 83 percent.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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Beijing will meet the U.S. reductions, dropping tariffs on U.S. goods to 10%.—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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So there were signals of his decline in his public appearances.—
Michel Martin,
NPR,
14 May 2025
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And some experts worry that the recent decline could be slowed or stopped by reductions in federal funding and the public health workforce, or a shift away from the strategies that seem to be working.—
Geoff Mulvihill,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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Related Articles Overall sales were down 11 percent to $1.2 billion — which beat analyst expectations of a 12.4 percent drop.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
13 May 2025
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Before the dramatic drop, 500 to 800 piping plover pairs nested in the Great Lakes, according to the Great Lakes Piping Plover Conservation Team.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
12 May 2025
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The question now is, could the union’s commercials contracts, if ratified, make a dent on future negotiations?—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2025
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But something as simple as stacking the bricks a different way could put a significant dent in that pollution, according to a new study of over 275 kilns published in Science by Maithel and his colleagues.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
18 May 2025
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“Falloff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falloff. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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