plummet
Example Sentences
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Shares have declined by 57% from their 52-week closing high in October, when the price of Bitcoin began to plummet.
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
But it would be nearly impossible to build quickly enough for home values to plummet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
Even if your income were to plummet by 50%, you would still receive $250,000 to $400,000 per year in passive income — an amount that exceeds what most retirees comfortably live on.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026
Many were "thrown into bags without care", causing damage that would make the value plummet, he said.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
All hope that this was merely an anomaly disappeared the next day, when the forces that had been battering the nation’s economy erupted in a panic on Wall Street that caused stock prices to plummet.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing plummet
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