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diving

verb

present participle of dive
1
as in plunging
to cast oneself head first into deep water we watched her dive in after the drowning man

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2
as in falling
to go to a lower level especially abruptly sales figures for existing homes dived dramatically when mortgage rates skyrocketed

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Recent Examples of diving Now, the gallery is diving further into technology by launching the Future Art Ecosystems R&D Fellowship. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Koss saw the opportunity and never stopped running, diving into third without a throw. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2026 Fittingly, the building's form resembles one of these majestic sea creatures diving into the water. — New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2026 Musk laid out just how deeply SpaceX is diving into AI during his 29-minute talk, which came a week after SpaceX's first-ever quarterly earnings call as a public company. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Investigators say Simpson objected to another boater anchoring near his spot and then shut off the air supply to a teen who was diving from that boat. — Larry Seward, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026 He is accused of boarding a boat and shutting off the oxygen supply of a teenager who was diving at the time. — ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026 White boarding a dev sprint looks a lot different than diving into a financial model. — Sarah Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Located in Indonesia’s remote eastern islands, it is known for exceptional marine life and clear waters that make snorkeling and diving the main attraction. — Jarrod Hobson, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diving
  1. plunging
  2. falling
  3. dipping
  4. tumbling
  5. declining
  6. dropping
  7. sinking
  8. plummeting
Verb
  • Sydney Sweeney walked the red carpet in a completely sheer dress, while Brittany Snow turned heads in a black dress with a plunging neckline.
    — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • It’s set on a remote farm nestled high in the Rocky Mountains in the early 1950s, and the images — of jutting peaks and plunging valleys, of endless stretches of pine, of the craggy frosted grandeur of it all — are vivid enough to carry you away.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of plunging
Verb
  • David, not unlike Jerry, was afraid of falling and white-knuckled his way through.
    — Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
  • After, tuck yourself into a hammock and gaze up at the stars; you wouldn’t be blamed for falling right asleep.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of falling
Verb
  • Over the past few years, Kai has begun dipping her toes into the modeling world.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Yotam Ottolenghi is dipping back into simple cooking with a sequel to his popular 2018 title, Ottolenghi Simple.
    — The Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of dipping
Verb
  • But the stock has underperformed the group, with shares tumbling this year even as peers reach new records.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
  • There was a sense that only significant deals could stave off the double threat of the Austrian’s outbursts over transfers destabilising the team midway through the campaign and Palace tumbling into a relegation battle.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of tumbling
Verb
  • For some business owners, the impact extends beyond declining sales.
    — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The number of people aged 100 or older in Japan surpassed a record 100,000 this year, the latest government figures show, underscoring the country's rapidly aging and declining population.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of declining
Verb
  • Saturday night and early Sunday have a 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms, which the chance dropping to 30% during the day Sunday and climbing to a 60% chance late Sunday and early Monday, the forecast showed.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2026
  • After dropping its second game of the season at SMU, the Hurricanes rattled off four consecutive wins to get the final at-large spot into the 12-team College Football Playoff field.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of dropping
Verb
  • Munetaka Murakami nearly had the Chicago White Sox’s first hit Thursday night, leading off the seventh inning with a sinking liner to right field.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
  • There's a panel showing William the Conqueror's soldiers sinking into quicksand, and several decapitations.
    — Lauren Frayer, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of sinking
Verb
  • Just two years ago, Albemarle outlined $750 million in cost-cutting measures including layoffs and project postponements amid plummeting EV sales.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2026
  • By the 2010s, the brand had lost its mojo, with sales plummeting and the company closing hundreds of stores.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of plummeting

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“Diving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diving. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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