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Recent Examples of precipice
All of our characters are on that precipice of adulthood and transitioning out of being kids and out of being in high school, thinking about the future and having to be adults.
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Arushi Jacob, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
Smug, perhaps unaware that right beside her is the largest precipice of her brief life.
—María Ospina, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026
After a second-round exit in 2025, the Huskies are again on the precipice of another championship in head coach Dan Hurley’s eighth season with the program.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 29 Mar. 2026
After three years of failing to advance to the playoffs through the play-in tournament, Donovan is keenly aware of the precipice upon which the team is teetering.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
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Arushi Jacob, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
Smug, perhaps unaware that right beside her is the largest precipice of her brief life.
—María Ospina, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026
After a second-round exit in 2025, the Huskies are again on the precipice of another championship in head coach Dan Hurley’s eighth season with the program.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 29 Mar. 2026
After three years of failing to advance to the playoffs through the play-in tournament, Donovan is keenly aware of the precipice upon which the team is teetering.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for precipice
Noun
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In the spring of 2009, just months after the global financial system nearly went off the cliff and amid a brutal recession, CBS News took a flyer on me.—
Jill Schlesinger,
Mercury News,
13 Apr. 2026
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This created a conglomeration of steep cliffs, ledges, and stair-step walls— many plunging over 1,400 feet from rim to creek.—
Anthony Fredericks,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Just as the sun prepared to sink beyond the escarpments, its rays struck every piece of the fractured glass resting on top of the window frames, alighting all of them at once, as if they were shot with electricity.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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As the sun dropped and the temperature fell, Scarabeo Roches Noires emerged on the horizon, a small cluster of white tents perched on a rocky escarpment.—
Fergus Scholes,
TheWeek,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Precipice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precipice. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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