How to Use drop-off in a Sentence
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Isla Fisher doesn't sweat the small stuff, like her school drop-off outfit!
— Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 5 May 2023 -
Getting Marte back would help with that without a drop-off in production.
— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2024 -
Either way, a drop-off seemed inevitable last year, given the new platform for the marquee game.
— Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 12 May 2023 -
Swap your flip-flops for capable hiking shoes; the uneven terrain will test you with mud, roots, loose rocks, plus narrow sections with steep drop-offs.
— Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2024 -
Many businesses, to their surprise, find themselves back to normal even though short-term memory would dictate this is a drop-off from the last couple of years.
— Ryan Weissmueller, Forbes, 4 May 2023 -
Lott also has cited pressure from the business community to include more space for parking, drop-off and pickups, and deliveries.
— Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 13 May 2023 -
Birmingham Recycling and Recovery is accepting drop-offs again after a fire took down one of its warehouses last week.
— Ike Morgan | Imorgan@al.com, al, 15 May 2023 -
School officials in Westborough released a list of temporary bus routes and pickup locations and will expand drop-off and pick-up times at the school if the union moves forward with a strike.
— Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 7 May 2023 -
There will be a valet lane and drop-off lane on Wells Street.
— Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2024 -
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 -
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 -
Fair warning: The entrance road is winding, made of gravel, and there are places with steep drop-offs.
— Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2023 -
To use a drop-off container, bring a deer's head with 4-6 inches of the neck attached and antlers removed.
— Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2023 -
Subsistence fishing for chinook salmon is now banned on the Yukon, due to the severe drop-off in the number of fish.
— Clem De Pressigny, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2023 -
Shuttle pickup and drop-off: 31st Street and Gillham Road.
— Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2024
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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 -
After a trolley ride — complete with green champagne flutes — the two were dropped off in front of a emerald curtain.
— Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2024 -
Instead, the buses had been dropping off migrants in New Jersey, where they were given train tickets to Manhattan.
— Laura Strickler, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2024
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