precipitous
Example Sentences
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She writes about how America’s biggest food companies—including Kraft Heinz, Kellogg and Hershey—are navigating the precipitous rise of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, weight-loss drugs and changing consumer eating behaviors.
This year’s slate represents a precipitous 68% drop from that peak.
From Los Angeles Times
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
Car companies saw a surge in EV sales in the lead-up to the credit’s expiration, but a precipitous decline in the months following.
The demonstrations began Sunday after merchants took to the streets to protest after a precipitous drop in the value of the rial, the country’s currency.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
