precipitate

Example Sentences

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"But it's not to precipitate a full-blown societal or humanitarian collapse."

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

That’s partly because consumer expect the bump at the pump to precipitate broader inflation, as has happened in the past.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

This rapid freezing preserves the fine precipitate structure predicted by the machine learning model.

From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025

For some employees, working under Abel won’t have the same cachet as working for Buffett, which could precipitate more turnover.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025

Cope might have done even more, but unfortunately he went into a rather precipitate descent in his later years.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson