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Recent Examples of steeply
Currently, coal provides about 16% of the United States’ electricity, a share that has fallen steeply in recent years as the cost of natural gas, wind and solar energy has come down, and anti-pollution regulations have helped to convince utilities to close coal power plants.
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Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
The path into the cave descended steeply, and the ceiling lowered so that everyone had to bend and then squat.
—Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
The vineyard is steeply sloped in spots, and Casanueva thinks the top part might be ideal for merlot.
—Laura Ness, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
From my new vantage point, the trail plummeted steeply down before climbing again, over a mass of boulders and loose slate to reach Le Rocher Blanc at 9,600 feet.
—Anna Richards, Outside, 18 Sep. 2025
Then think of the pastel-colored houses that cling to rugged cliffs and narrow, winding alleyways—carruggi—that descend steeply to turquoise harbors.
—Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 17 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
Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
The path into the cave descended steeply, and the ceiling lowered so that everyone had to bend and then squat.
—Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
The vineyard is steeply sloped in spots, and Casanueva thinks the top part might be ideal for merlot.
—Laura Ness, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
From my new vantage point, the trail plummeted steeply down before climbing again, over a mass of boulders and loose slate to reach Le Rocher Blanc at 9,600 feet.
—Anna Richards, Outside, 18 Sep. 2025
Then think of the pastel-colored houses that cling to rugged cliffs and narrow, winding alleyways—carruggi—that descend steeply to turquoise harbors.
—Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 17 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for steeply
sharply
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The number of farm operations filing for bankruptcy remains at historically low levels but has jumped sharply this year as a crisis in the agricultural economy drags on.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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The proportion of Americans who believe legal sports betting is bad for both society and sport in the United States has increased sharply over the past three years, according to a new poll.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Steeply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steeply. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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