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
But four years later the same metric had plummeted by 14 percentage points.
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Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The convergence of plummeting compute costs, synthetic data accessibility, algorithmic breakthroughs, and practical robotics has created a unique window for business transformation.
—Steven Wolfe Pereira, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
The awesome sight likely wasn't entirely harmless: Remnants of the cosmic object may have broken off and plummeted through the roof of a home in Henry County, Georgia, according to the local National Weather Service office.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 June 2025
Holiday also saw his 3-point effectiveness plummet in his age-34 season, dropping from a career-best 42.9% during Boston’s 2023-24 championship season to 35.3%.
—Zack Cox, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2025
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Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The convergence of plummeting compute costs, synthetic data accessibility, algorithmic breakthroughs, and practical robotics has created a unique window for business transformation.
—Steven Wolfe Pereira, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
The awesome sight likely wasn't entirely harmless: Remnants of the cosmic object may have broken off and plummeted through the roof of a home in Henry County, Georgia, according to the local National Weather Service office.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 June 2025
Holiday also saw his 3-point effectiveness plummet in his age-34 season, dropping from a career-best 42.9% during Boston’s 2023-24 championship season to 35.3%.
—Zack Cox, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plummet
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As 2024 began, demand for electricity on the national grid started falling—not because the economy was in decline but because (as careful scrutiny of images on Google Earth revealed) so many Pakistanis were putting up solar panels.—
Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
9 July 2025
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Starbucks' same-store sales in China were flat in the first quarter this year after falling for four consecutive quarters .—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
9 July 2025
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That sent the stock of America’s biggest credit score company plunging Tuesday.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
8 July 2025
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged as much as 447 points (down 1%), the S&P 500 shed 0.8%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.9% by midday trading.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
7 July 2025
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The important storyline over those weeks is about untapped potential, not declining numbers.—
Lindsey Darvin,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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Cal Fire officials declined to comment on whether either of the companies has had prior violations or enforcement actions, citing the active investigation.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
12 July 2025
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The steps in a rehabilitation from injury or the buildup after time off are like dominoes in that one tumbles into the next.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 July 2025
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Executives around the league wondered what would come next for the team that tumbled from the 2023-24 Presidents’ Trophy champions to out of the playoffs.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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Seabreeze makes hot chocolate and dipped cones for An’s Gelato, the parent company of several award winning gelaterias including An’s Hatmakers.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 July 2025
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Of some concern to BBC bosses will be the corporation’s reach with young people, which dipped from 70% to 67% in 2024-25 – below its target.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
15 July 2025
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As the team on the field was losing 5-1 to the Arizona Diamondbacks to drop to 47-49, the team in the front office was using its No. 2 overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft on a player that experts at MLB.com listed as the 18th best available prospect.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
14 July 2025
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Saturday’s loss drops them to 43-51 and 6 1/2 games back of the final wild-card spot in the American League.—
Jacob Calvin Meyer,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 July 2025
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“Plummet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plummet. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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