: a decline especially in quantity or quality
a falloff in exports
a falloff of light intensity
fell off; fallen off; falling off; falls off
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of a ship
: to deviate to leeward of the point to which the bow was directed
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Examples of falloff in a Sentence
Noun
the falloff in sales was more than the store could weather and so its closing was inevitable
Verb
the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay
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Davis Giangiulio, NBC News, 4 July 2024
Audiences are down 17 percent since the boom season of 2018–19 with older suburbanites accounting for most of the falloff.
—Boris Kachka, Vulture, 16 May 2024
Denise Petski, Deadline, 5 July 2024
Social attachment and trust have fallen off a cliff in the U.S. over the past few years, making this kind of connection even harder.
—Cody Delistraty, TIME, 1 July 2024
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Noun
The falloff in big-ticket home purchases has been many months in the making, and pools aren’t the only backyard feature facing slower demand; Traeger Grills reported declining revenues in the first quarter, part of a trend that began early in the post-pandemic recovery.
—Davis Giangiulio, NBC News, 4 July 2024
Audiences are down 17 percent since the boom season of 2018–19 with older suburbanites accounting for most of the falloff.
—Boris Kachka, Vulture, 16 May 2024
Verb
According to French outlet Le Tarn Libre, two branches fell off a large tree on the festival grounds, killing Knight and injuring four others.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 5 July 2024
Social attachment and trust have fallen off a cliff in the U.S. over the past few years, making this kind of connection even harder.
—Cody Delistraty, TIME, 1 July 2024
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“Falloff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/falloff. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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