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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Economists polled by Dow Jones are looking at a drop of 4%.
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The barrier to creation drops, but so does differentiation.
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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.
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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.
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If your energy dips, take a brief stretch, then return to the task with a lighter touch and clearer purpose.
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At his beach house in the Hamptons, Andy Cohen begins and ends every day with a dip.
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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.
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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.
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That window is shorter than most executives assume, as mental and physical declines often begin earlier than midlife, while the leader still feels fully capable and engaged.
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The decline in energy prices is easing inflation concerns, which has helped push the 10-year Treasury yield down roughly 9 basis points.
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Despite that progress, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq declined, as megacap tech names tumbled.
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That shows up clearly in the data, with UK goods exports tumbling relative to other major economies since 2016.
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SpaceX continued its sharp descent back to Earth.
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Look no further than the ninth inning of Sunday’s latest descent to the bottom.
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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.
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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.
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“Nosedive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nosedive. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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