precipitate
Example Sentences
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The book, “Behind the Doors of Justice: The Murdaugh Murders,” would soon precipitate her downfall.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
"But it's not to precipitate a full-blown societal or humanitarian collapse."
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
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 • Feb. 22, 2026
This rapid freezing preserves the fine precipitate structure predicted by the machine learning model.
From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025
They poured their final precipitate into a platinum dish smaller than a dime, boiled off the liquid, and slathered the residue with a layer of Duco Cement.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing precipitate
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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