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plunge

[pluhnj] / plʌndʒ /


NOUN
enthusiastic attempt
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Fed officials already consult a range of gauges that exclude outliers, such as a plunge in wireless phone prices or a one-off tariff bump.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

A plunge in related listings on jobs site Indeed suggests the falloff continues.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

That makes TOI-199b far milder than hot Jupiters, while also being dramatically warmer than the frozen gas giants in our own solar system, where temperatures can plunge hundreds of degrees below zero.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

In other corporate news, French video game giant Ubisoft saw its shares plunge around 11 percent after it reported disappointing annual results and forecast further pain in the coming year.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

It was a cold, soundless night, black as obsidian, and Ben could only follow the sound of Sammy’s insistent plunge toward the ocean.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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