drastic
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For a team so settled and consistent as Villa under Emery that is a drastic change.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Hundreds of thousands of people are going without running water for two days at a time in Puerto Rico, as authorities in the US territory take drastic measures to combat a severe drought.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Still, despite the drastic actions, the Nixon administration declined to describe the end of the gold peg as a “devaluation of the dollar.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The drastic fall erased more than $1 trillion in market value from the company, though it still retains a $1.6-trillion market cap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
I didn’t think the date would go like this; I thought it would all be Noelle yelling at me and I’d have to do something drastic.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
Vocabulary lists containing drastic
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