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free fall

noun as in rapid decline or descent

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Someone offering you a higher fixed rate of interest on bonds, at a moment when the economy is in free fall, is someone offering you free money.

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At the same time, his stunning free fall might wind up making him surprisingly good value as a late-round pick for Cleveland.

But home values are not in a free fall.

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With a sudden end to foreign exchange earnings, Venezuelan GDP went into the kind of free fall you rarely see outside war, setting off a humanitarian crisis that brought millions to the brink of starvation.

Walmart shares continued their free fall, and executives made an unplanned exit from the stage to regroup before returning to take questions.

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

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