the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude
panicked during his first unassisted fall when his parachute's rip cord didn't respond to the first tug
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Verb
If a cement plant simply replaces fossil fuels with renewable electricity, its emissions can fall substantially.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Aug. 2026 If inflation continues falling and the labor market continues to soften, the conditions for lower mortgage rates could improve.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
12 Aug. 2026
Noun
Featured in the streetwear brand’s fall ’26 preview is the Supreme x Timberland Diamond Plate 6-Inch premium waterproof boot in familiar wheat and black styles.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
18 Aug. 2026 Yet the aura of competence alone may carry Florida fans well into this fall.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fall
Once the veteran players and most of the top seeds vanished from the Canadian Open, succumbing to injury and upset, the stakes of the tournament in Montreal took on a new edge.
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Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2026
In the film, Bourdain doesn’t succumb as deeply to drugs and other bad habits that the chef owned up to in his writing.
As would be expected, oil demand was forced to decrease, to match available supply.
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Jason Bordoff,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Aug. 2026
Only 15% believed the statements would decrease the patients’ likelihood of seeking treatment—even though that's what tended to happen in the researchers' simulations.
As thousands of car enthusiasts prepare to descend on Metro Detroit for the annual Woodward Dream Cruise, a Michigan lawmaker is pushing legislation to crack down on excessively loud vehicles.
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Terell Bailey,
CBS News,
14 Aug. 2026
Baseball descended on this site — just 20 miles from where the Hawkeye state intersects with Wisconsin and Illinois across the Mississippi River, where the iconic 1989 movie starring Kevin Costner was filmed.
For Margarita Wray, the possibility of losing her son has turned the criminal case into an intensely personal fight for justice.
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Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
14 Aug. 2026
Shakira Austin had 29 points and eight rebounds and Sonia Citron added 17 points and eight assists for Washington (19-14), which has lost two straight following a seven-game winning streak.
The siblings inherited the Lakers through the Buss Family Trust after their father died in 2013, though their ties to the organization extended well beyond ownership.
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Law Murray,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2026
Fedorov is right to say ideals should not die in warfare, or why else fight?
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