precipitous

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The average distance that MLB center fielders have moved back since 2015, contributing to a precipitous decline in the number of doubles and triples hit in the majors last season.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

The precipitous decline in gold probably demonstrates simply where the leverage was in the market.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

Those who study the root causes of crime say that it may take years, if not decades, to disentangle the causes of the pandemic-era surge in violence and the precipitous drop that has followed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

Wages for the top parts of the income distribution in the U.S. were on a precipitous rise, driven in part by the bifurcation of wages in a U-shaped labor market External link.

From Barron's • Dec. 4, 2025

Situated 11,300 feet above sea level, Namche occupies a huge, tilting bowl proportioned like a giant satellite television dish, midway up a precipitous mountainside.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer