plummeted; plummeting; plummets
1
: to fall perpendicularly
birds plummeted down
2
: to drop sharply and abruptly
prices plummeted
1
: plumb
also
: plumb line
2
: an abrupt drop : an instance of plummeting
a sharp plummet in prices
If in the final week of the season, the Mets were trying to stop a plummet off a cliff, they are now attempting to climb out of a dark, deep abyss …—
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Examples of plummet in a Sentence
Verb
The acrobat plummeted into the net.
The car plummeted to the bottom of the canyon.
The satellite plummeted into the ocean.
Stock prices plummeted 40 percent during the scandal.
The TV show has plummeted in the ratings.
Temperatures are expected to plummet this weekend.
The town's population plummets when the students leave for the summer.
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Sharks have roamed Earth’s oceans for over 400 million years, surviving mass extinctions and environmental upheavals, yet global shark numbers have plummeted over the past six decades.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Within a decade after the sea lamprey arrived in Lake Michigan, commercial lake trout harvests began to plummet.
—Paul A. Smith, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
Drug overdose deaths have plummeted in San Francisco.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Wind chills could plummet to 20 degrees, adding to the potential dangers for vulnerable populations such as the elderly, children and the homeless.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Sharks have roamed Earth’s oceans for over 400 million years, surviving mass extinctions and environmental upheavals, yet global shark numbers have plummeted over the past six decades.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Within a decade after the sea lamprey arrived in Lake Michigan, commercial lake trout harvests began to plummet.
—Paul A. Smith, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
Drug overdose deaths have plummeted in San Francisco.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Plummet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plummet. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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