plummet

verb

ˈplə-mət How to pronounce plummet (audio)
Definition of plummetnext
as in to fall
to go to a lower level especially abruptly a week in which stock prices plummeted

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Recent Examples of plummet Morale has plummeted as a succession of mostly temporary leaders have come and gone — the front office filled with political appointees, many of them with little or no training in medicine or public health. — Mike Stobbe, Fortune, 15 July 2026 During the last quarter century, Mia has watched the monarch population figures trudge downward, part of a larger disappearance in which butterfly numbers in the United States have plummeted by 20 percent. — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026 These two Southwestern states had the largest increases in the drug death rate in 2025, all while drug deaths in West Virginia, once the center of the opioid epidemic, have plummeted. — Josh Katz, New York Times, 15 July 2026 The number of households paying the BBC license fee plummeted last year at a time when the corporation is desperately seeking a revamp of its funding model. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for plummet
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plummet
  1. fall
  2. plunge
  3. decline
  4. tumble
  5. dip
  6. drop
Verb
  • Try to find a place that will block blowing or falling debris.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
  • Micron Technology sank 8%, Intel lost more than 4%, while Lam Research and Advanced Micro Devices each fell about 3%.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Definition of fall
Verb
  • Atlantia was the controlling shareholder in motorway operator Autostrade per l’Italia at the time of the disaster which killed 43 ​people when their vehicles plunged from the flyover.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • The satellites would only survive about 20 minutes before ultimately plunging to their fiery doom reentering Earth’s atmosphere.
    — Lee Billings & Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 16 July 2026
Definition of plunge
Verb
  • During the initial June 11 to June 20 period, revenue per room rates fell in the Miami area on eight of ten nights compared to 2025 while occupancy declined on every one of the 10 nights, according to CoStar.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
  • MedStar Washington Hospital Center cites financial pressure and declining birth rates.
    — Kendall Staton, Washington Post, 17 July 2026
Definition of decline
Verb
  • Days after analysts at more than a dozen banks rolled out price targets that were almost uniformly bullish, the shares tumbled below their $135 IPO price for the first time, then kept falling toward $125.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 18 July 2026
  • Last month, oil prices tumbled after the US and Iran agreed to a 60-day ceasefire and increasing numbers of ships were able to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Definition of tumble
Verb
  • The novel plot is intricately structured and gratifying while the animation — which dips into various styles including impressionism — invites you into an awe-inspiring alternative world.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
  • Public problems and progress SpaceX shares have dipped below their $135 IPO price for the first time, wiping out more than $1 trillion from the value of Elon Musk's group.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Definition of dip
Verb
  • The defeat was the A’s 10th straight while dropping 14 of their last 15.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026
  • Since the brain needs to drop its core temperature by roughly a degree to descend into deep sleep, a bedroom temperature of around 65-67 degrees Fahrenheit will help.
    — Gavin Escott, USA Today, 18 July 2026
Definition of drop

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