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

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 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

There has been a lot of conjecture about what caused such a precipitous decline.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer