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verb

Definition of drop innext
as in to visit
to make a brief visit drop in any time—we're always home

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drop-in

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noun

ˈdräp-ˌin How to pronounce drop-in (audio)
as in visitor
a person who visits another we're having open house for New Year's, and drop-ins are welcome to come and go as they please

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Recent Examples of drop in
Noun
Mat pilates is the budget alternative, running roughly $20 to $35 per drop-in and widely available at commercial gyms. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026 The eight band members first met at an open-mic session at the NAMI drop-in center in Oak Park, enjoying funk, R&B, jazz and blues. — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026 Options open to the MCC include developing ‘drop-in’ pitches, grown and nurtured elsewhere on the Lord’s site before being moved in trays to the middle, or digging up a pitch entirely. — Paul Newman, New York Times, 9 June 2026 The company says its drop-in components are designed to match original form, fit, and function, allowing military systems to continue operating without redesigns while reducing cost and lead times for legacy part replacement. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for drop in
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drop in
  1. visit
  2. visitor
  3. run in
  4. guest
Verb
  • But in a 5-1 win at Truist Park, the visiting Cardinals made two errors.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 2 July 2026
  • Breakthrough has relationships with several schools in the area and regularly visits schools to present its program to area fourth graders, Cox said.
    — Austin Horn July 1, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
Definition of visit
Noun
  • Los Robles officials said that staff, patients and visitors were safe and that medical care was not interrupted at the hospital.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • Families, students, longtime Kansas City residents and visitors from across the Midwest stopped by the gathering.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
Definition of visitor
Verb
  • After scoring a run in the fourth when Willy Adames grounded into a double play with a runner on third, San Francisco called upon a double steal with runners at the corners to swipe its third run.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • Proxima is developing stellarator technology, one of a handful of approaches to fusion, and hopes to have its fusion demonstrator — a proof-of-concept precursor to a commercial power plant — up and running in the early 2030s.
    — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 7 July 2026
Definition of run in
Noun
  • As for the official calendar, Indian couturier Manish Malhotra, who dressed Karan Johar at this year’s Met Gala, is among the guest houses showing in Paris this season.
    — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 6 July 2026
  • The ship can accommodate 5,610 guests at double occupancy, according to a cruise line fact sheet.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of guest

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