as in drop
the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude
the pilot struggled to pull his plane out of a nosedive
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as in to plunge
to go to a lower level especially abruptly
prices on just about everything nose-dived right after the holidays
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Recent Examples of nosedive
Kathryn Varn, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
From that point on, his production took a nosedive.
—Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
Oil and gas giant BP (LON: BP) has unveiled its lowest quarterly profits since Q4 2020, when the industry's performance took a nosedive during the Covid-19 global pandemic.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Rite Aid’s languishing stock, meanwhile, took a nosedive when the company entered bankruptcy late last year and the New York Stock Exchange moved to delist it.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2024
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Between the lines: For those hoping the plan moves forward, there are perhaps more reasons for optimism heading into today's vote than there have been since the deal took a nosedive.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
From that point on, his production took a nosedive.
—Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
Oil and gas giant BP (LON: BP) has unveiled its lowest quarterly profits since Q4 2020, when the industry's performance took a nosedive during the Covid-19 global pandemic.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Rite Aid’s languishing stock, meanwhile, took a nosedive when the company entered bankruptcy late last year and the New York Stock Exchange moved to delist it.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nosedive
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His drop has turned into a days-long news story, in part because the Ravens now have three tight ends each with one year left on their contracts: Jackson’s security blanket, Andrews; Isaiah Likely, a quickly ascending pass catcher; and perhaps the best blocking tight end of the trio, Charlie Kolar.—
Sam Cohn,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2025
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The conditions of the game are believed to have played a role in the result and have benefited the Eagles, as Rams players committed multiple drops, fumbles and incomplete passes that appeared to be impacted by the snow.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Six decades later, 9/11 once again plunged the country into wartime.—
Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2025
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Natural gas prices plunged nearly 71%, weighed down by mild weather in Europe.—
Frank Holmes,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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This is widely seen as a move to counter the cable network’s postelection ratings dip.—
Dominick Mastrangelo,
The Hill,
19 Jan. 2025
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Johnson’s predecessor Lori Lightfoot, who began her first full quarter in office with $1.8 million in her fund, only saw her quarterly hauls dip that low in 2020, during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and civil unrest.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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The missions, still without official launch dates, will fall within NASA’s private astronaut missions program, through which the space agency wants to promote the development of a space economy in low Earth orbit.—
Emilio Cozzi,
WIRED,
22 Jan. 2025
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Stunning stat: The snow that has fallen so far in New Orleans exceeds the January snowfall so far in the Twin Cities as well as Anchorage, Alaska.—
Andrew Freedman,
Axios,
22 Jan. 2025
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The statistics are alarming: teen mental health has plummeted since the widespread adoption of social media, with a particularly sharp decline following the pandemic’s surge in screen time.—
Raj Goyle,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2025
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That’s all the more important for Champagne producers, as the sector has taken a nosedive in the past few years: Shipments fell 9.2 percent last year, and companies such a Mumm posted double-digit declines in sales during the most recent fiscal year.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Nemanja Bjelica went from shooting between 40 and 42 percent on threes for three consecutive seasons before falling to 37 percent with Miami and watching his overall shooting accuracy tumble five points.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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The 15-year-old male tumbled from the northbound 5 train onto the tracks between Gun Hill Road and Pelham Parkway at 5:50 p.m., suffering a head injury, cops said.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2025
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The 14th Amendment was enacted as a direct response to the Supreme Court’s egregious 1857 Dred Scott decision, which held that persons of African descent, such as enslaved people and formerly enslaved people, could not be considered citizens under the Constitution.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Vice President Kamala Harris, though not a first lady, used her 2021 inaugural outfit to acknowledge her historic role as the first woman, the first Black person and first person of Asian descent to hold the office.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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Business at many places has plummeted, another round of suffering following the pandemic and the entertainment industry strikes in 2023.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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But what a difference a week makes — the market breathed a sigh of relief after back-to-back days of cooler-than-expected inflation reports, which caused the 10-year Treasury yield to plummet and stock to soar.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
17 Jan. 2025
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