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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a slight drop in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a small decrease in a particular measurement or statistic, such as sales, temperature, or performance.
Example: "There was a slight drop in sales during the last quarter compared to the previous one."
Alternatives: "a minor decrease in" or "a small decline in".
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Even a slight drop in revenue can swing a business into the red.
Like the BBC, newspaper websites experienced a slight drop in traffic on Tuesday.
Recyclers report a slight drop in donations, and old clothes command record prices.
Nationally, there has been a slight drop in black-white segregation, measured by indexes sociologists use.
A slight drop in GDP growth compared with last year is a cause for celebration.
Mintel, another market research firm, agrees, predicting a slight drop in sales volume by 2006.
After a slight drop in August, Millennium has returned 5.5 percent this year.
That case may have caused a slight drop in deaths due to shaking in the Buffalo region in 1998.
Procter & Gamble, meanwhile, reported a slight drop in profit, but the results were better than analysts had expected.
Dell rose 10 cents, to $27.95, on earnings that beat expectations despite a slight drop in first-quarter profits.
Thursday and accompanying a report on a slight drop in first-quarter earnings, reflected the chain's continued troubles.
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