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Recent Examples of cliff
The offense, which led the league in points per possession during the regular season, fell off a cliff.
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Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
The year after celebrating hip-hop's golden anniversary in 2023, the show's annual viewership fell off a steep cliff - down nearly 50% in 2024.
—Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
But the pianists donned black gloves so that their fingers could roll without injury across 50 keyboards at once, over and over, like waves crashing against cliffs.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
The cliff means fiercer competition for a smaller pool of applicants.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2025
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Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
The year after celebrating hip-hop's golden anniversary in 2023, the show's annual viewership fell off a steep cliff - down nearly 50% in 2024.
—Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
But the pianists donned black gloves so that their fingers could roll without injury across 50 keyboards at once, over and over, like waves crashing against cliffs.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
The cliff means fiercer competition for a smaller pool of applicants.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cliff
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Perched on the eastern escarpment of the Great Rift Valley with the Ewaso Narok River to the east and the slopes of Mount Kenya to the south, andBeyond Suyian Lodge offers endless panoramic views and access to a wide variety of landscapes, from savannas to rivers and Vechellia woodlands.—
Rebekah Peppler,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Sep. 2025
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This park is all escarpments, rivers, and old forests.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The trail also leads to access points for crags with more than 350 individual routes frequented by Denver-area climbers, and up toward mountaintophomes on Conifer Mountain, just outside the park.—
Andi Babineau,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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All these people took advantage of the sheep population, but a remnant of the herd remained among the rocky crags of the San Andres, where grass is sparse and water rare.—
Tim Kelly,
Outdoor Life,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The palisade walls and structural support beams that hold up the fort are made to look like wood but are constructed of concrete.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2025
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But what are the other buildings impacted by palisades fires?—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
13 Jan. 2025
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But the notion that the two-state solution can be prevented by this or that settlement or some Israeli declaration has always been a bluff—and those recognizing Palestine today are calling it.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
30 Sep. 2025
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Weyman needed geological tests to ensure the stability of his bluff-top lot.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Cliff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cliff. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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