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"had been dropped" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used in the past perfect tense to indicate that something had already happened in the past before something else happened. For example: "The book had been dropped and all its pages were scattered across the floor."
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Psychological testing had been dropped too.
The case had been dropped without an indictment.
One young man had been dropped off by his dad.
Discovery declined to say whether the lawsuit had been dropped.
Lamb shanks and short ribs had been dropped.
The bomb had been dropped from a helicopter.
The charges had been dropped but the damage endures.
If Oklahoma had been dropped or had L.S.U.
The word "independent" had been dropped from the board's title.
Officials declined to say where the ammunition had been dropped.
Before dawn, the first paratroopers already had been dropped inland.
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had been discarded
had been orphaned
had been overturned
had been forgone
had been rated
had been erased
had been shrunk
had been detached
had been renounced
had been spilled
had been marooned
had been disposed
had been lowered
had been alleviated
had been dipped
had been deleted
had been discontinued
had been abandoned
had been removed
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