free fall
noun
1
: the condition of unrestrained motion in a gravitational field
also
: such motion
2
a
: the part of a parachute jump before the parachute opens
b
: a rapid and continuing drop or decline
a free fall in stock prices
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Sales were in free fall.
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The currency, the rial, is in free fall.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
The Soviet Union’s deterioration in the late 1980s sent Cuba’s economy into a free fall.
—Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2026
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—Dallas Morning News, 3 Jan. 2026
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Karl Vick, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
The currency, the rial, is in free fall.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
The Soviet Union’s deterioration in the late 1980s sent Cuba’s economy into a free fall.
—Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2026
Bedeviled by economic problems Maduro was unable to stop the economic free fall.
—Dallas Morning News, 3 Jan. 2026
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free fall
noun
: the condition of unrestrained motion in a gravitational field
also
: such motion
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