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plunge

[pluhnj] / plʌndʒ /


NOUN
enthusiastic attempt
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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

Sales dropped 4.8% in the three months ended March 31 from the year-ago period, compared with a more than 21% plunge two years earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Argentine President Javier Milei has watched his poll numbers plunge as he carries out a painful economic overhaul.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 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

Yet every new mast that rounded the bend of the river brought at the same time a fresh plunge of disappointment.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare




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