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Recent Examples of plummet from the Web
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Uptown, the center of American Indian life in Chicago since the 1940s, has seen its population plummet since the 1990s as the area gentrified, becoming whiter, more affluent and less connected to the AIC.
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The 19 percent plummet on Thursday was thanks to a lousy earnings report.
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Allen underwent two shoulder surgeries at Alabama, which caused his plummet from a potential top-five pick to the Redskins at 17th overall.
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Krakatau Aqua Coaster, the most advanced water coaster on the planet, Ko’okiri Body Plunge, the 125-foot, nostril-flushing plummet from the top of the volcano, Kala & Tai Nui Serpentine Body Slides, Kopiko Wai Winding River.
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Inside Cedar Point Shores, two of the water slides stand above the rest: Point Plummet and Portside Plunge.
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The region is experiencing a mini-boom of refugees resettling here, even as the number of refugees admitted into the U.S. overall plummets, according to a Sacramento Bee analysis of data kept by the national Refugee Processing Center.
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Once the fuel is spent, a rocket stage plummets to Earth, a quick demise to a complex machine that cost tens of millions of dollars to build.
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His ERA is a crisp 1.97, his strikeout ratio is a formidable 6.75 and his batting average against plummets to .166.
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Origin and Etymology of plummet
Middle English plomet, from Anglo-French plumet, plomet, from plum lead, lead weight — more at plumb
Other Civil Engineering Terms
plummet
Definition of plummet
intransitive verb
1 : to fall perpendicularly birds plummeted down
2 : to drop sharply and abruptly prices plummeted
Examples of plummet in a Sentence
The acrobat plummeted into the net.
The car plummeted to the bottom of the canyon.
The satellite plummeted into the ocean.
Stock prices plummeted 40 percent during the scandal.
The TV show has plummeted in the ratings.
Temperatures are expected to plummet this weekend.
The town's population plummets when the students leave for the summer.
Recent Examples of plummet from the Web
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Hodelin F. Rene, pilot Pascale’s body would have plummeted at 120 miles an hour, with the young woman conscious during the free fall.
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The Courier-Journal reported in April that pledged gifts to the foundation plummeted by $32 million over the preceding nine months as donors withheld their gifts because of questions about the foundation's spending and management.
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The resulting increase in applications, coupled with policy decisions like one at CIHR to give larger grants to an elite core of researchers, has caused success rates to plummet.
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As Politico reports: The stock value of the Australian biotech firm Rep. Chris Collins championed to fellow lawmakers plummeted on Tuesday, costing the New York Republican $17 million as investigators continue probing his relationship with the firm.
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Residential building permits in San Diego County have plummeted since the start of the year, said the local Building Industry Association.
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Merlin’s staff, a talisman that attaches itself to Wahlberg’s Autobot-defending Cade Yeager – that bring constantly arriving Transformers, plummeting in space ships from the sky, and eventually, the vengeful leader of their home planet, Cybertron.
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Winter has officially hit the Seven Kingdoms, according the newest trailer for Game of Thrones's seventh season, which hit the web on Tuesday — but while the temperature may be plummeting, the action is heating up.
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The crowd size, however, plummeted, with less than half the 10,590 who showed up at the Grandstand in the room on Sunday night.
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First Known Use of plummet
1845
PLUMMET Defined for English Language Learners
plummet
Definition of plummet for English Language Learners
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: to fall suddenly straight down especially from a very high place
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: to fall or drop suddenly in amount, value, etc.
PLUMMET Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of plummet for Students
plummeted
;plummeting
: to fall straight down The satellite plummeted toward the ocean.
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