as in fell
to go to a lower level especially abruptly
a week in which stock prices plummeted
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Recent Examples of plummeted
Ground battles are consistently being lost, defections are rising, and morale among troops has plummeted.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
By 2023, that number had plummeted to 48%, according to a survey by Medscape.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Hollie Adams | Reuters Shares of Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk plummeted roughly 20% on Friday after reporting results in a late-stage trial for its experimental CagriSema weight loss drug that missed expectations.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
By 2023, that number had plummeted to just 20%.
—Chris Westfall, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
After a simmering 6-3 start, the Falcons plummeted losing four straight before an unimpressive win against a two-win Raiders team to pull their record to 7-7.
—Ross Terrell, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
Yoon, for example, is a conservative who won election by less than 1 percent and enjoyed no political honeymoon before his approval ratings plummeted.
—Victor Cha, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
The Korean stock market plummeted after Yoon’s declaration of martial law, and the national currency quickly depreciated.
—Victor Cha, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Micron shares plummeted 16% on Thursday — their worst day since March 2020 and the start of the Covid pandemic — after the chipmaker issued disappointing second-quarter guidance in its earnings report.
—Ari Levy, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
By 2023, that number had plummeted to 48%, according to a survey by Medscape.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Hollie Adams | Reuters Shares of Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk plummeted roughly 20% on Friday after reporting results in a late-stage trial for its experimental CagriSema weight loss drug that missed expectations.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
By 2023, that number had plummeted to just 20%.
—Chris Westfall, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
After a simmering 6-3 start, the Falcons plummeted losing four straight before an unimpressive win against a two-win Raiders team to pull their record to 7-7.
—Ross Terrell, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
Yoon, for example, is a conservative who won election by less than 1 percent and enjoyed no political honeymoon before his approval ratings plummeted.
—Victor Cha, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
The Korean stock market plummeted after Yoon’s declaration of martial law, and the national currency quickly depreciated.
—Victor Cha, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Micron shares plummeted 16% on Thursday — their worst day since March 2020 and the start of the Covid pandemic — after the chipmaker issued disappointing second-quarter guidance in its earnings report.
—Ari Levy, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plummeted
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Similar patterns follow after European contact: When settlers felled northern Wisconsin’s white pine forests, tribes like the Menominee turned to trees such as hemlock and butternut.Jacqueline Kehoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
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Tent poles, for instance, are made from trees that have been naturally felled by elephants, and the whole camp runs on solar power.Nicholas DeRenzo, AFAR Media, 18 Dec. 2024
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The Container Store has posted losses for each of its last two fiscal years, while sales have plunged about 23% over that time.Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2024
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In March, 2000, the dot-com bubble finally burst, and during the subsequent eighteen months the Nasdaq plunged about seventy per cent, inflicting huge losses on those who had got in near the market top.John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Houston temperatures dipped into the 40s last week, according to the National Weather Service.Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
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The brand recently dipped into pants—or, rather, pantaloons—dressing Anya Taylor-Joy and Keira Knightley in lace and velvet trousers.Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Plummeted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plummeted. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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