plunge
Example Sentences
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Pasadena Unified enrollment plunged by about 500 students this academic year as families relocated.
From Los Angeles Times
On the eve of the Civil War, the Columbian Register lamented the growing likelihood of “the stars of our political firmament” being “torn from their orbits, and plunging madly about, or tilting one the other.”
The stock is down 50% this year on plunging sales and the departure of its CEO last month.
From Barron's
Oracle plunged more than five percent Wednesday, while Broadcom and other sector heavyweights, including Nvidia, Alphabet and Advanced Micro Devices, also tumbled.
From Barron's
Such wood has typically been sent to pulp and paper mills, but U.S. wood-pulp consumption capacity has plunged due to waning paper demand.
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