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"falling" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often dropping (8 letters).
Definitions
coming down freely under the influence of gravity
Used in a sentence
“a falling leaf”
“the falling prices of luxury goods”
“Of these, nine were on the Forfar-Perth section, eight were over the sharply-falling grades from Gleneagles to Perth, [...].”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Coming down”7 letters
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