as in to fall
to go to a lower level especially abruptly
a week in which stock prices plummeted
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Recent Examples of plummet
Could gold prices plummet, or will the upward trend persist?
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Trefis Team, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Tesla sales, as well as its all-important stock price, have plummeted, which even prompted Trump to stage a photo-op with a bunch of vehicles outside the White House.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
Marvell shares plummeted 20% on Thursday, their steepest slump since 2001, after guidance fell short of some elevated estimates.
—Kristina Partsinevelos,samantha Subin, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2025
This year, Edmunds forecasts that figure to plummet to around 2 million.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
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Trefis Team, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Tesla sales, as well as its all-important stock price, have plummeted, which even prompted Trump to stage a photo-op with a bunch of vehicles outside the White House.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
Marvell shares plummeted 20% on Thursday, their steepest slump since 2001, after guidance fell short of some elevated estimates.
—Kristina Partsinevelos,samantha Subin, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2025
This year, Edmunds forecasts that figure to plummet to around 2 million.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plummet
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After this, oil production will fall, albeit slowly toward 2050, as decarbonization proceeds and more electric vehicles take to the roads.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Overall, bookings fell after the deadly Jan. 29 D.C. crash, rebounded a bit, and then fell again after the Feb. 17 crash in Toronto, in which a regional jet crashed upon landing, overturned and caught fire.—
Sam Sweeney,
ABC News,
11 Mar. 2025
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average also took a hit, dropping 2.1 percent, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq plunged 4 percent.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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Volatile markets fell, then really plunged, and rebounded some in wild trading to close off their lows for the day — but still in the red.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
11 Mar. 2025
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Representatives for Boeing declined to comment on the matter.—
Rebecca Falconer,
Axios,
14 Mar. 2025
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An Interior Department spokesperson declined to comment on personnel matters.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN,
14 Mar. 2025
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Brown-Forman, the company behind Jack Daniel’s whiskey, tumbled 5.1%, and Harley-Davidson sank 5.7%.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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Sunrun — Shares of the residential solar energy tumbled about 7%.—
Brian Evans,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2025
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Choco-Shenanigans Doughnut: An unglazed shell doughnut filled with white Kreme, dipped in chocolate icing and topped with green icing drizzles and gold coin glitter sprinkles.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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The Hershey's Chocolate Salted Caramel Cheesecake Doughnut features an unglazed shell doughnut, filled with a caramel cheesecake cream, dipped in milk chocolate icing and topped with chocolate cookie crumb and a salted caramel swirl.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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Not even the property insurance sector, which is traditionally considered to be recession-proof, will be untouched by an economic downturn, experts warned, with homeowners facing the possibility of seeing premiums finally drop as competition grows or skyrocket should natural disasters strike.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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Expand All Opponents to the idea of splitting the Keller school district celebrated the news Friday that the board was dropping the matter, but some vowed to continue pushing for transparency or unseating the members behind the proposal.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Plummet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plummet. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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