precipitous

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

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

This year’s slate represents a precipitous 68% drop from that peak.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

But that marked the peak of Tagovailoa’s career—and the decline has been precipitous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

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

I realised, too, that the car could climb no more, we had reached the summit, and below us stretched the way that we had come, precipitous and hollow.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier