precipitate
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In 1990, when gasoline prices jumped in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, helping to precipitate a recession, the average light vehicle got 18.8 miles to the gallon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
"But it's not to precipitate a full-blown societal or humanitarian collapse."
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
This rapid freezing preserves the fine precipitate structure predicted by the machine learning model.
From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025
That’s probably good short-term news for investors, since falling profit margins would precipitate a severe bear market.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025
A playful fall, or a nick in his skin—even a bumpy horse ride—could precipitate disaster.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing precipitate
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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