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plunge

[pluhnj] / plʌndʒ /


NOUN
enthusiastic attempt
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Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms, took 16 months after its 2012 IPO to recover from an early plunge in its share price.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

A plunge in related listings on jobs site Indeed suggests the falloff continues.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

That makes TOI-199b far milder than hot Jupiters, while also being dramatically warmer than the frozen gas giants in our own solar system, where temperatures can plunge hundreds of degrees below zero.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

In its fourth quarter, Ubisoft reported a 54-percent year-on-year plunge in net bookings, to 415 million euros.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

What they would have been trapped in if Dodger and Elwood hadn’t seen them through it and taken the plunge.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz




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