plummeted; plummeting; plummets
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 on the Web
For weeks afterward, foreign visits to the resort town of Puerto Vallarta on Jalisco’s coast fell by more than 30% compared to 2025, while hotel occupancy and restaurant sales plummeted.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Marketing teams are watching their traffic numbers plummet and wondering what happened, while the real story is playing out one AI query at a time.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 4 June 2026
This particular brand of freedom is clearly not serving us well, though, because one set of statistics after another continues to tell us that our mental health and wellbeing are plummeting in an alarming way.
—Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
Condo sales in Los Angeles have plummeted to a 20-year low, with fewer than 2,000 units sold in January and February — the worst start to the year since 2005.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Marketing teams are watching their traffic numbers plummet and wondering what happened, while the real story is playing out one AI query at a time.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 4 June 2026
This particular brand of freedom is clearly not serving us well, though, because one set of statistics after another continues to tell us that our mental health and wellbeing are plummeting in an alarming way.
—Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
Condo sales in Los Angeles have plummeted to a 20-year low, with fewer than 2,000 units sold in January and February — the worst start to the year since 2005.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
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“Plummet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plummet. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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