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Recent Examples of steeply
Venture funding for sustainable food production has declined steeply from a 2021 high as companies struggle to bring down costs.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
An analysis by Goldman Sachs showed that employment in industries in which more than ten per cent of the workforce is made up of unauthorized immigrants steeply declined over the summer.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Boys’ scores slid there, too — just not as steeply.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Home prices rose so quickly and so steeply that only those with high incomes and substantial savings were able to buy amid the supply shortages brought on by the pandemic.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Gibson Dunn, which is representing Tesla in the appeal, argued that compensatory damages in the case should be steeply reduced from $129 million to $69 million at most.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
The front lawn falls steeply away from the house and on down to the fence, a garden overgrown with reddening watsonias.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Support for any-reason mail-in voting among Republicans has dropped steeply in the last five years—49% of Republicans favored it in 2020 but only 32% do now, after Trump baselessly claimed mail-in ballots cost him the 2020 presidential election.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Perhaps this shouldn’t be surprising given that singlehood rates have been rising for years, more steeply among men than women—leaving lots of would-be dads without a co-parent.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2025
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
An analysis by Goldman Sachs showed that employment in industries in which more than ten per cent of the workforce is made up of unauthorized immigrants steeply declined over the summer.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Boys’ scores slid there, too — just not as steeply.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Home prices rose so quickly and so steeply that only those with high incomes and substantial savings were able to buy amid the supply shortages brought on by the pandemic.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Gibson Dunn, which is representing Tesla in the appeal, argued that compensatory damages in the case should be steeply reduced from $129 million to $69 million at most.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
The front lawn falls steeply away from the house and on down to the fence, a garden overgrown with reddening watsonias.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Support for any-reason mail-in voting among Republicans has dropped steeply in the last five years—49% of Republicans favored it in 2020 but only 32% do now, after Trump baselessly claimed mail-in ballots cost him the 2020 presidential election.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Perhaps this shouldn’t be surprising given that singlehood rates have been rising for years, more steeply among men than women—leaving lots of would-be dads without a co-parent.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for steeply
sharply
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The report said that water storage in Washington’s five reservoirs in the Yakima River Basin has dropped sharply, bringing levels, at times, to some of the lowest measured since record-keeping started in 1971.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Conversely, if rates rise sharply, Buffett can earn more on cash and bonds while waiting, raising the bar for equity investments.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Steeply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steeply. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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