free-falling

verb

Definition of free-fallingnext
present participle of free-fall
as in plummeting

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  1. plummeting
  2. plunging
  3. collapsing
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  • As the richest person in the world, money isn’t an issue for him, though — despite the financial pressure that X’s plummeting value has created.
    Kylie Robison, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Non-fungible tokens have seemingly moved on from their past hay days with monthly transaction volumes plummeting to just over $300 million in September according to data from the crypto analytics platform, CryptoSlam.
    Nicholas Kitonyi, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of plummeting
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  • After plunging during the pandemic, Brazil’s theatrical market has been recovering since 2021, but the pace of the recovery has been hampered this year by 2023’s Hollywood double strike.
    Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The lifestyle mogul wore her blonde hair in loose waves around her shoulders and teamed a plunging black top with a chunky gold chain necklace for the outing.
    Becca Longmire, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of plunging
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  • However, a 57-year-old male runner died Sunday after collapsing near the fifth mile of the marathon.
    Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The plans ended up collapsing anyway, even before his vertebrae did.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of collapsing
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