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Free sign upThe phrase "a drop from the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to describe a small amount or a minor part of something larger, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The artist's latest work is just a drop from the vast ocean of her creativity."
Alternatives: "a small part of the" or "a tiny piece of the".
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That was up from 1percentt a year ago, although a drop from the 15percentt share Take-Two had in February.
In Ireland club membership had slipped to 156,000 in 2014; a drop from the high of 210,000 a decade earlier.
The Cardinal's Appeal scraped in $8.9 million last year, a drop from the $16.2 million raised in 2001.
The gala raised $2.8 million at its recent fall benefit, a drop from the previous year's total of $3.3 million.
A total of 89 were formed in Northern Ireland – a drop from the 116 recorded in 2010.
"Zynga recorded a profit of $37.2 million, or 5 cents a share, on an adjusted basis, a drop from the year-earlier period".
A record low number of viewers, some 4.1 million, watched the 2010 race nationally, a drop from the 4.4 million who watched the race in 2009.
For each of these services he extracts his pound of flesh: a drop from the "well of youth in their hearts" that seemed limitless.
During the same time, 17.7 million people used federal food stamps, a drop from the 21.9 million who received food stamps in 1997, according to the Agriculture Department.
"The nations," so the Old Testament prophet declared, "are like a drop from the bucket, and are accounted as the dust on the scales".
The Somme tourism board said it was expecting between four and five thousand people to visit this week, noting a drop from the previous two Anzac Days.
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