precipitous
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Precipitous deregulation would result in confusion and chaos in the market for up to five years.
From Time Magazine Archive
Precipitous drops in the U. S. pecan harvest are nothing new but growers do not agree on reasons.
From Time Magazine Archive
Precipitous increases and declines in farm prices are always damaging.
From Time Magazine Archive
Precipitous limestone scars fringe the browny-green heights in many places, and almost girdle the summit of Calver Hill, the great bare height that rises a thousand feet above Reeth.
From Yorkshire by Home, Gordon
Precipitous cliffs rose from the bed of the river opposite to me, enriched with all the hues that volcanic rock assumes under the influences of the weather and the garniture of moss and lichen.
From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Macmillan, Hugh
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