as in to fall
to go to a lower level especially abruptly
a week in which stock prices plummeted
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Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index briefly plummeted over 10%, before recovering slightly to a smaller loss of 9% as of its final hour.
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2024
By the late 1990s, several islands in the Galapagos were overwhelmed by some 200,000 feral goats, and rare tortoise populations were plummeting.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2024
As the cost of college has skyrocketed, enrollment in undergraduate degree programs has plummeted, and politicians on both sides of the aisle are searching for alternative ways to bolster workforce development.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2024
The Disney Channel’s viewership has plummeted since its heyday, observes journalist and author Ashley Spencer.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2024
By the late 1990s, several islands in the Galapagos were overwhelmed by some 200,000 feral goats, and rare tortoise populations were plummeting.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2024
As the cost of college has skyrocketed, enrollment in undergraduate degree programs has plummeted, and politicians on both sides of the aisle are searching for alternative ways to bolster workforce development.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2024
The Disney Channel’s viewership has plummeted since its heyday, observes journalist and author Ashley Spencer.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024
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