precipitate
Example Sentences
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Another possibility: Tech investment gets ahead of demand, precipitating a bust.
“A breakdown in negotiations could precipitate flows into safe-haven assets like gold,” the CEO said.
On 4 December, 2024, Yoon announced to the nation that he was declaring martial law – plunging South Korea into chaos and setting in motion a series of events that would precipitate his downfall.
From BBC
A new crisis, however, quickly put an end to exchanges, precipitating the mass incarceration of prisoners that marked the last two years of the war.
This reaction produced a solid precipitate that gradually expanded until it completely blocked the opening.
From Science Daily
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