precipice
noun
prec·i·pice
ˈpre-s(ə-)pəs 
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Examples of precipice in a Sentence
Twenty years ago, it seemed unlikely that black and white South Africans could avoid a cataclysmic struggle. How did we manage to turn back from the precipice and join one another in the long walk to a nonracial democracy?
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F. W. De Klerk, Time, 18 Apr. 2005
These are the brave, friendly guys and gals who flip, twist, spin and somersault themselves backward into the sky and somehow land on a horrifyingly steep precipice without rearranging their rib cages or breaking their faces.
—Curry Kirkpatrick, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 1994
… the helpless Cambodians were bused from the safety of a refugee camp to an outcropping along the border several hundred miles to the northeast, where they were forced over the precipice into a wild and inaccessible part of Cambodia from which it would be almost impossible to return to Thailand.
—Barbara Crossette, New York Times Book Review, 2 Aug. 1987
He stood on the edge of the precipice.
scaled the steep precipice with the ease of an experienced climber
F. W. De Klerk, Time, 18 Apr. 2005
These are the brave, friendly guys and gals who flip, twist, spin and somersault themselves backward into the sky and somehow land on a horrifyingly steep precipice without rearranging their rib cages or breaking their faces.
—Curry Kirkpatrick, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 1994
… the helpless Cambodians were bused from the safety of a refugee camp to an outcropping along the border several hundred miles to the northeast, where they were forced over the precipice into a wild and inaccessible part of Cambodia from which it would be almost impossible to return to Thailand.
—Barbara Crossette, New York Times Book Review, 2 Aug. 1987
He stood on the edge of the precipice.
scaled the steep precipice with the ease of an experienced climber
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The director of Google DeepMind, the tech giant’s formidable AI lab, recognized the Swedish area code on his phone and froze, unable to believe what was on the precipice of happening.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
As crises become more common and intense, the role leaders play in pulling states away from the precipice of war becomes increasingly important.
—Erik Lin-Greenberg, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024
In Harvest, Walter dangles over the precipice of modernity, and most crucially, capitalism.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
The attack, threatened for weeks by Israel, comes as the Middle East sits on the precipice of a regional war more than a year after an initial attack by the militant group Hamas on Israel.
—Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024
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Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
As crises become more common and intense, the role leaders play in pulling states away from the precipice of war becomes increasingly important.
—Erik Lin-Greenberg, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024
In Harvest, Walter dangles over the precipice of modernity, and most crucially, capitalism.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
The attack, threatened for weeks by Israel, comes as the Middle East sits on the precipice of a regional war more than a year after an initial attack by the militant group Hamas on Israel.
—Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Precipice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/precipice. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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precipice
noun
prec·i·pice
ˈpres-(ə-)pəs
: a very steep and high face of a rock or mountain
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