sharply
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Numbers dropped sharply during the pandemic and a recent rise has not returned them to pre-Covid levels.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
The KW model shows the term premium rising sharply, up 0.4 percentage point to the highest since just after the 2008-09 financial crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
The Qumran calendar differed sharply from the lunisolar calendar that shaped Jewish religious life during the Second Temple period.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
The yen fell sharply after the Bank of Japan lifted its benchmark interest rate to a 30-year high.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Her room was a small one off the kitchen that had once been a pickle pantry, and it still smelled sharply of vinegar, as if a barrel of sauerkraut were hidden someplace nearby.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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