precipitous
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He has pointed to a precipitous decline in the number of applications for bank charters since the 2008-09 financial crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Glaciers have also been shrinking at a precipitous rate, with 2025 marking the fourth consecutive year where they shed significant ice mass across all regions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
It’s a precipitous drop from the thousands who crossed daily at the peak of a migrant surge in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
“The precipitous decline of X is the bellwether for a new era of the Internet that simply feels less fun than it used to be. Remember having fun online?” he wrote.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Three hundred feet the down rose vertically in a stretch of no more than six hundred—a precipitous wall, from the thin belt of trees at the foot to the ridge where the steep flattened out.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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