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slip

[slip] / slɪp /


NOUN
loss of foothold
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NOUN
decrease
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VERB
lessen, return to a lower quality
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Choose a pair of foam wings — large or small — slip your arms through and stand in a life-sized wind tunnel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

But his valuation could slip to $1.27 trillion if the company’s spending on AI resources exceeds $600 billion before 2031 and its revenue doesn’t scale quickly enough, he noted.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

They had pulled a truck around in front of the entrance, leaving just a few inches for the employees to slip in and out of the garage, invisible from the street.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

Meta shares slip 2% premarket amid a broader AI selloff.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

I’ve caught him out with this slip of the tongue, this phrase from the first telephone call.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.1%, while Dow Jones Industrial Average futures slipped 0.2%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The dollar was flat against a basket of global currencies, while bitcoin slipped 0.3% to hover above $80,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Machado slipped out of the country last December to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, after spending nearly a year in hiding.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

According to Pew Research Center, which analyses religion in the US, opinions of Trump's performance have slipped among all major religious groups.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

My hat came next; he drew it down over my brow, slipped a finger under the brim and tucked back a strand of hair, and settled the wool over the tips of my ears.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

Nearly 200 nations are gathering in Armenia on Monday for critical negotiations as governments come under pressure to salvage a landmark nature pact whose goals are slipping out of reach.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Survey respondents see growth slipping back thereafter, to 2.1% or 2.2% for the rest of the decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Yamamoto crashed hard, slipping on the slick grass as he tried to pivot but still managing to make a throw to first from the ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

At 3.05pm local time in Sardinia on Sunday, Evans could only stand and watch as another world rally title looked to be slipping from his grasp.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

He was pulling so hard that at first he didn’t notice that Marco was slipping into the sea.

From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis

The chamber-maid of the bride remarked how I retired apart, and slipt after me once to see what I did alone, for she still looked upon me as very childish, because I was small.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Gustav Freytag

Then he had used persuasion and cajolery, until at last the boy had slipt into the pool, and in a week was swimming with the best of them.

From Masterman and Son by W. J. (William James) Dawson

A Pin of a middling Size has been discharged by Urine, three Days after it slipt down; and a little Bone has been expelled the same Way, besides Cherry-stones, Plumb-stones, and even one Peach-stone.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot

He must have been conveyed by an angel, or have slipt on a sudden into a railroad train, purposely and for the nonce provided.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various

And once she slipt, and nearly fell with fright, Upon a slimy, moving thing, that crawled!

From Myra's Well A Tale of All-Hallow-E'en by George Francis Dawson


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