free fall
noun
1
: the condition of unrestrained motion in a gravitational field
also
: such motion
2
a
: the part of a parachute jump before the parachute opens
b
: a rapid and continuing drop or decline
a free fall in stock prices
Examples of free fall in a Sentence
Sales were in free fall.
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The economy has been in free fall, and shortages are widespread.
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Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
Nearly a decade later, his finances are in tatters: Legal bills are piling up with interest accruing; the state of New York is threatening to seize some of his prime properties; and the stock of his Truth Social parent company is now in free fall.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
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Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
Nearly a decade later, his finances are in tatters: Legal bills are piling up with interest accruing; the state of New York is threatening to seize some of his prime properties; and the stock of his Truth Social parent company is now in free fall.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
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free fall
noun
: the condition of unrestrained motion in a gravitational field
also
: such motion
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