- present participle of precipitate.
precipitating
Example Sentences
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The book opens shortly after its precipitating event.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
And the precipitating event for Trump’s change appears to have been a question-and-answer session with Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy in a Senate hearing this week.
From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2026
That’s an omission bank industry groups saw as a loophole, precipitating the current fight over the Clarity Act.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Rumours of financial trouble sparked a run on deposits in 2022, precipitating the firm's implosion and exposing Bankman-Fried's crimes.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2024
A society, almost necessarily, begins every success story with the chapter that most advantages itself, and in America, these precipitating chapters are almost always rendered as the singular action of exceptional individuals.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
