How to Use falloff in a Sentence

falloff

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  • The year after a team struglges to win will typically see a bit of a falloff.
    — Paul Dehner Jr., Cincinnati.com, 16 Sep. 2017
  • The result is less falloff in engine speed between gears, plus continuous, smooth pulling power.
    — Joe Bruzek, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2018
  • No position has seen a greater falloff from Wilson’s tenure to this season, though some of that might be by design.
    — Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, 27 Oct. 2017
  • So the possibility of midterm falloff among minority voters is and should be a big concern.
    — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 25 Oct. 2017
  • While homebuilding has been slow generally, starter homes are the category where the falloff has been sharper.
    — Martha C. White, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2018
  • The most immediate fear: A sharp falloff in bond prices would rattle equity markets that are now trading at record highs.
    — Landon Thomas Jr., New York Times, 10 Jan. 2018
  • That falloff, however, is not expected to bump the jobless rate up from its current level of 4.4 percent.
    — The New York Times, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2017
  • The trade group said this drop, combined with December’s falloff in sales, brings existing home sales down by almost 5 percent from a year ago.
    — Martha C. White, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Trump has also seen significant falloff with older Americans.
    — Gregory Krieg and Ryan Struyk, CNN, 8 Dec. 2017
  • The falloff in performance was even more dramatic for domestic stock funds, the largest category of U.S. funds by assets.
    — Kirsten Grind, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2017
  • The falloff has been driven by an exodus of civil servants, a diminished corps of political appointees and an effective hiring freeze.
    — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2018
  • The falloff began after Volkswagen was caught in 2015 using software to conceal excess emissions by its diesel cars.
    — New York Times, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Shula and Sarkisian share more than NFL division, job descriptions and current hot seats for the falloff in their teams' offensive output.
    — Mark Inabinett, AL.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • There are many steps in the process, and the report measures the falloff along the way.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2024
  • But the rise shouldn't be quite as sudden as the falloff was last year.
    — Zach Wichter, Star Tribune, 3 Apr. 2021
  • Schewel said the return to driving won’t be as swift as the falloff was in March.
    — Tammy Webber and Angeliki Kastanis, USA TODAY, 12 May 2020
  • But look at this falloff since the start of this century.
    — NBC News, 5 Feb. 2023
  • The majority of the falloff occurred in the city, which is 80% black.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 30 July 2019
  • The network saw a steep falloff after the 2020 election.
    — Stephen Battaglio Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2021
  • The majority off the falloff occurred in the city, which is 80% black.
    — Bill Ruthhart, chicagotribune.com, 28 July 2019
  • The rapid falloff is hitting imports into the U.S. hard.
    — Paul Page, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2022
  • So a falloff of just 2% is considered by many observers to be a win.
    — Star Tribune, 13 May 2021
  • With the virus spreading to all 50 states, the falloff in travel is likely to be just the beginning.
    — Steve Matthews, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
  • But the falloff during Finney-Smith’s and Green’s absences has been drastic.
    — Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2023
  • That’s a bigger falloff than in all of North Texas, where home sales were down 25% year-over-year and prices were 1% lower.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 10 June 2020
  • In early May, the falls were overflowing from its falloff point 1,200 feet above.
    — Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Lottery games of all kinds are seeing a falloff in players.
    — azcentral, 29 Apr. 2020
  • The left-hand side of the chart below shows a falloff in every loan category in Q4/22.
    — Robert Barone, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Obviously, that’s a huge falloff from week two to week three.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 2 Aug. 2022
  • The charts show the rapid falloff in consumer confidence in China and Europe.
    — Robert Barone, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
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fall off

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  • The Mariners have fallen off the pace as well, with an 11-16 record over the past month.
    — R.j. Coyle, Dallas News, 3 July 2023
  • The ice and snow melted that day and fell off trees like rain.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Just fell off the bike and wouldn’t ever be able to get back on?
    — Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 2 June 2024
  • The ballpoint tips on the bristles can fall off over time.
    — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
  • In low light, the lower branches tend to turn brown and fall off.
    — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Big chunks of ice were falling off the face of it and down into the water.
    — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The wheels started falling off quickly at the start of 2024.
    — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The driver of the Jeep that fell off the cliff was swept out to sea about 100 yards and then directed back to shore.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • It’s made from sleek bamboo, with a slight lip around the edge to help keep items from falling off.
    — Rebecca Martinson, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2024
  • But this year, the pace of investment has fallen off a cliff.
    — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, 8 July 2023
  • That is feeding hopes that the economy may not fall off a cliff.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Investors expect consumer spending to slow the rest of the year, but not fall off a cliff.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN, 29 Aug. 2023
  • But in some years, petals fall off more rapidly because of wind, rain or frost.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Many fans were injured when large sheets of ice fell off the roof of AT&T Stadium.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024
  • But some years, petals fall off sooner because of wind, rain or frost.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2023
  • To test if the tree is fresh, bend the needles up and down to make sure minimal needles fall off.
    — Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Since rates have spiked over the past year the number of refinances has fallen off a cliff.
    — Anna Bahney, CNN, 20 Sep. 2023
  • My hope is that climate action will not fall off the table.
    — Jennifer Duggan, Time, 15 Jan. 2023
  • But the reach of its print edition, as with many magazines, has sharply fallen off in the decades since.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 27 Oct. 2023
  • That this meme was nowhere to be found the past few springs tells you how hard Timberlake has fallen off.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
  • Eventually, the entire leaf turns brown and falls off the plant.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2024
  • The tiki torch top can break open and/or fall off while lit, posing a burn hazard.
    — Neal Riley, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The song had fallen off the chart briefly due to being removed from the platform but has since returned.
    — Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2024
  • But Take Note Some jewels may fall off or need re-gluing.
    — Tanya Edwards, Parents, 13 June 2024
  • In 2010, Melanie Reid fell off a horse and was paralyzed below the shoulders.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 20 May 2024
  • Cons The plastic bristle tips can fall off over time, making this one of the less durable options on this list.
    — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The pair were driving back to Monaco (with Kelly at the wheel) from their country house in France when their car fell off a cliff on the side of the road.
    — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Its collar had fallen off, as it was designed to, but the microchip could still be read.
    — Vidya Athreya, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Fred fell off his horse, grabbed his .35 Magnum, and came charging up to the firing line like a Patton tank.
    — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 2 May 2024
  • Capsules fall off horse cadavers and can get picked up by birds and other scavengers, Pollitt says.
    — science.org, 23 July 2024

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