as in slack
the extent to which something hangs or dips below a straight line
tighten the line at the top of the banner so there won't be so much droop
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as in to sag
to be limp from lack of water or vigor
the flowers drooped on their stalks in the blazing sun
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as in to fade
to lose bodily strength or vigor
as the afternoon wore on, we started to droop
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Recent Examples of droop
Faye Chiu, CNN, 23 Sep. 2024
Transitory columns of evanescent foam rise, droop and fall.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
If the leaves are also drooping, that’s often a sign that the plant needs water.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Other symptoms include loss of muscle tone and loss of reflexes, facial droop and slurred speech.
—Faye Chiu, CNN, 23 Sep. 2024
Transitory columns of evanescent foam rise, droop and fall.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Verb
Both dryness and over-watering can cause the plant to droop and the leaves to fall off.
—Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
If the leaves are also drooping, that’s often a sign that the plant needs water.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for droop
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And yet Hollywood continues to ignore us, leaving independent filmmakers and producers to pick up the slack.Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Romeo, 22, clad himself in a leather jacket, trousers and olive green loafers and Cruz, 19, sported a sweater, brown slacks and lace-up shoes.Michelle Lee, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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Last season, Stewarts Creek coach Ben Caudill sagged his shoulder on the sideline after a fairly competitive 28-14 loss to Ravenwood in the first round.Tyler Palmateer, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Your shoulders and hips shouldn’t be sagging, and your butt shouldn’t be sticking up in the air.Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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This shift in mindset happens not through mandate but through results: When teams experience firsthand how AI amplifies their capabilities, their resistance naturally fades.Manmit Shrimali, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement As the years pass, those banners hanging inside Pauley Pavilion fade like the memories of those championships.Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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These hang over a computer monitor, saving precious desk space, and shoot light directly onto your desktop.Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
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Parishioners also hung sprigs of rosemary alongside holly and ivy in their places of worship.Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
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An easy monetary policy typically weakens a country’s currency, making exports cheaper and potentially supports growth in the face of tariffs.Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
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This rare condition occurs when the ligaments holding the lower ribs in place weaken, allowing the ribs to move out of position and causing pain.Lindsay Curtis, Health, 22 Dec. 2024
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Like the other proposals for the ground floor, the plans wilted.George Avalos, The Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Verticillium wilt is a fungus disease causing leaves to wilt, often on only one side of the tree.Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2024
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The cases, brought by 60 men and 60 women, span incidents going as far back as 1991.Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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The fact that tax revenue didn't go directly back into the community, to fix roads and bridges damaged by years of fighting, made some residents angry — and fueled protests.Lauren Frayer, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
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Other union representation votes have failed at other Amazon facilities before and since then.Chris Isidore, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
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He is also charged with failing to fulfill his public duties.Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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