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precipitating

ADJECTIVE

down

Synonyms

STRONGEST

downward

STRONG

cascading declining depressed descending downgrade downhill dropping falling inferior sagging sinking sliding slipping slumping

WEAK

bottomward earthward gravitating groundward nether subjacent to the bottom under underneath

Antonyms

WEAK

above cheerful cheery happy heartened higher

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This is the most we’ll see of the drama’s precipitating event.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 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

But, in 2022, rumours of financial trouble sparked a run on its deposits, precipitating the firm's implosion and exposing Bankman-Fried's crimes.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2024

To be clear, my departure was not the precipitating event.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024

Yet Milagro was a town whose citizens had a penchant not only for going crazy, but also for precipitating miracles.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

precipitating

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