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Recent Examples of precipice
Boise State is on the precipice of moving into a new era with eight other schools next year when the new Pac-12 Conference becomes official.
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 2 July 2025
Should Trump’s bill fail, Congress would risk leaving the federal government on the precipice of default when the Treasury is expected to run out of cash sometime in August.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 1 July 2025
Those complaints have caused critics to express concerns that the country was on the precipice of a constitutional crisis.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 28 June 2025
Surely these players are not great, and maybe also on the precipice of losing their jobs?
—Eno Sarris, New York Times, 20 June 2025
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 2 July 2025
Should Trump’s bill fail, Congress would risk leaving the federal government on the precipice of default when the Treasury is expected to run out of cash sometime in August.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 1 July 2025
Those complaints have caused critics to express concerns that the country was on the precipice of a constitutional crisis.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 28 June 2025
Surely these players are not great, and maybe also on the precipice of losing their jobs?
—Eno Sarris, New York Times, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for precipice
Noun
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The hike comes with a rewarding payoff: The view of waters rushing off a cliff into a turquoise pool, a setting that's the crown jewel of the Havasupai Indian Reservation.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
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Magic wrote alongside a photo of the happy group, posed on the deck, in front of a dramatic backdrop of seaside cliffs.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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With that enormous amount of moisture serving as fuel, the winds hitting the escarpment in West Texas served as a kind of match that started the storms.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
6 July 2025
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As sunrise paints the rocks crimson only the call of baboons echoing between rocky escarpments punctuates the silence.—
Chloe Berge,
Outside Online,
17 June 2025
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“Precipice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precipice. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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