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drastically

[dras-tik-lee] / ˈdræs tɪk li /




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Moreover, the country was able to drastically reduce its dependence on China, which held a 70% share of the local toy market.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

She and other critics say the state should have ordered farmers to cut groundwater pumping more drastically this year to save water in the river.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Flightradar24, a flight-tracking website, said preliminary data showed the aircraft had “extreme fluctuations” in its reported altitude in flight, dropping drastically and rising again quickly at speeds far beyond those seen during normal trips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The routers and switches in a telecom network are the same underlying technology as those in a data-center network, though the speeds and volume of traffic are drastically different.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

Throughout the class period, things began to change drastically.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers




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