as in plunging
to go to a lower level especially abruptly
a week in which stock prices plummeted
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Recent Examples of plummeting
Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
Whatever your views on the policy, plummeting border crossings — paired with White House deportation plans — mean economic adjustment ahead.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
His schizophrenic, on-again, off-again tariff edicts against our close allies have sent markets tumbling and consumer confidence plummeting.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
The company’s share price soared during the pandemic as demand for remote services boomed during lockdowns and social restrictions, hitting record highs in 2021 before plummeting.
—Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
Tesla has suffered the biggest losses, with its stock plummeting 32 percent over the past month.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
But in 2022, the International Union for Conservation of Nature listed the species as endangered because of a plummeting population driven by habitat loss, agricultural insecticides, and climate change.
—Chloe Berge, AFAR Media, 14 Mar. 2025
Like oranges, this swing is fairly standard, with tomato prices rising throughout the harvesting season, peaking in the early winter months and then plummeting around January or February each year.
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
Why Tesla sales are plummeting Once the undisputed king of electric vehicles, Tesla is now facing an uphill battle.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
The plummeting support runs counter to Iowa’s football, men’s wrestling and women’s basketball programs, which have all sold out their seasons for at least two consecutive years.
—Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
Whatever your views on the policy, plummeting border crossings — paired with White House deportation plans — mean economic adjustment ahead.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
His schizophrenic, on-again, off-again tariff edicts against our close allies have sent markets tumbling and consumer confidence plummeting.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
The company’s share price soared during the pandemic as demand for remote services boomed during lockdowns and social restrictions, hitting record highs in 2021 before plummeting.
—Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
Tesla has suffered the biggest losses, with its stock plummeting 32 percent over the past month.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
But in 2022, the International Union for Conservation of Nature listed the species as endangered because of a plummeting population driven by habitat loss, agricultural insecticides, and climate change.
—Chloe Berge, AFAR Media, 14 Mar. 2025
Like oranges, this swing is fairly standard, with tomato prices rising throughout the harvesting season, peaking in the early winter months and then plummeting around January or February each year.
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
Why Tesla sales are plummeting Once the undisputed king of electric vehicles, Tesla is now facing an uphill battle.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plummeting
Verb
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In one set of photos, she is seen wearing a black dress with a plunging neckline from the collection.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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Thanks to the plunging costs of providing AI services – as evidenced with the DeepSeek announcement in January – the innovation possible through AI is now accessible without massive hardware investments.—
Joe McKendrick,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Cheng Xin/Getty Images New home prices fell 0.22 percent in 70 Chinese cities in May, the largest decline in seven months, according to figures from the National Bureau of Statistics.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan also contributed significantly to the squandering of its unipolar moment and setting off the decline of the American century.—
Narges Bajoghli,
Time,
19 June 2025
Verb
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That was what turned last night’s game around and what may be the difference between this team getting all the way to April 6 or falling short.—
John Nogowski,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2025
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One possible, yet expensive, remedy would be to bury power lines underground, or confine them in above-ground enclosures, removing the threat of toppling or damage by gusty winds, by falling vegetation or by other above-ground destabilizing factors.—
Hugo A Loaiciga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Temperatures will climb to around 70 degrees on Tuesday before dipping to 67 degrees on Wednesday.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
24 Mar. 2025
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But why limit ranch to dipping finger foods or flavoring everyone's favorite casserole?—
Erin Hooker,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Plummeting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plummeting. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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