steep
Example Sentences
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In recent months, consumers’ expectations for near-term and long-term inflation have cooled, recovering after the initial rollout of steep tariffs in April raised anxiety about price increases.
District enrollment is now fewer than 14,000 — a steep decline from 20 years ago when about 21,000 students attended.
From Los Angeles Times
But the bank acknowledges it has a lot of distance to go, and the competition will be steep with other institutions, including Citigroup and UBS, who are pledging similar improvements and hiring aggressively.
But it’s decidedly a vision, one steeped in roiling pain.
From Los Angeles Times
Although the national figure masks what is happening across different regions with some areas seeing numbers fall and others still seeing steep rises.
From BBC
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