as in drop
the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude
the pilot struggled to pull his plane out of a nosedive
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as in to plunge
to go to a lower level especially abruptly
prices on just about everything nose-dived right after the holidays
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Recent Examples of nosedive
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 28 May 2026
The baseball took a nosedive toward the outfield grass as Caglianone appeared to catch it inside his glove’s webbing.
—Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
Jeffrey Eugenides, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026
The program nose-dived following the firing of Al Skinner after the 2009-10 season with BC going 184-290, including a 73-200 mark in the ACC, over the past 15 seasons.
—Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
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Noun
The Postpartum Hormone Plunge The primary culprit behind this sudden desert-dry texture is the dramatic hormonal nosedive that occurs immediately after childbirth.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 28 May 2026
The baseball took a nosedive toward the outfield grass as Caglianone appeared to catch it inside his glove’s webbing.
—Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
Verb
The noise of the engines, the mounting anxiety of his wife and sister-in-law, who may have cried out as the plane nose-dived, could only have increased his own.
—Jeffrey Eugenides, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026
The program nose-dived following the firing of Al Skinner after the 2009-10 season with BC going 184-290, including a 73-200 mark in the ACC, over the past 15 seasons.
—Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nosedive
Noun
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Mix one drop of castile soap with 16 ounces of warm water in a spray bottle.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
18 June 2026
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Retailers face challenges from SNAP cuts and consumer fatigue, needing to demonstrate value as price drops will be delayed for months.—
Phil Lempert,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Designed with a plunging neckline, modest bum coverage, and compressive fabric with UPF 50 sun protection, the elegant silhouette offers rich-girl vacation energy that could easily double as a bodysuit with shorts.—
Olivia Cigliano,
InStyle,
20 June 2026
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Oil stockpiles at the critical oil hub of Cushing, Oklahoma, have plunged to the bare minimum of what is needed to operate.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
Noun
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Blue Hole in Santa Rosa, New Mexico For an unforgettable stop on your Route 66 road trip, take a dip in the clear waters of the Blue Hole, located just off the highway in Santa Rosa.—
Elizabeth Rhodes,
Travel + Leisure,
18 June 2026
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The film then had a mere 7% dip in ticket sales in its fourth weekend domestically, and business fell 25% in weekend five — still demonstrating an incredibly strong hold for a film in its fifth week of release.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Scheffler, who fell nine shots behind with a pair of bogeys at the start, shot 32 on the back nine by chipping in from 65 feet on the 14th for the start of three straight birdies.—
Doug Ferguson,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
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Overall homicides in the United States have fallen for four consecutive years, according to FBI data analyzed by the Washington Post.—
Sara-James Ranta,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 June 2026
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The findings indicate that bird-watching and similar hobbies may support overall brain health, though researchers stop short of saying the activity definitively halts cognitive decline.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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Earlier this year, a judge ordered the Bureau of Land Management to close roughly 2,000 miles of off highway vehicle trails in the western Mojave to reduce ongoing harm to the endangered desert tortoise, a keystone species of the local ecosystem whose numbers are in steep decline.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Verb
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Despite that progress, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq declined, as megacap tech names tumbled.—
Gail Krishnan,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
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That shows up clearly in the data, with UK goods exports tumbling relative to other major economies since 2016.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
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SpaceX continued its sharp descent back to Earth.—
Gail Krishnan,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
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Look no further than the ninth inning of Sunday’s latest descent to the bottom.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
Verb
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Public SaaS enterprise software companies have seen their stock prices plummet, and both private and public companies are facing slower growth.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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According to the report, animals are staying in the facility longer, animal deaths have increased and vital transfers to outside rescue organizations have plummeted sharply from over 4,700 down to just 1,159.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
19 June 2026
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“Nosedive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nosedive. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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