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steep

adjective as in extreme in direction, course

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While factories produced more, there was a steep rise in unsold inventories.

In what would normally be the ultraviolet region, the spectrum showed a very steep rise.

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They located the woman about 75 feet down a steep embankment.

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Despite the favourable conditions Yermak enjoyed within the sprawling Presidential Office, the same couldn't be said outside its steep walls.

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That’s meant a steep decline in the number of cases and long delays for those the office investigates.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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