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
Instead, the team has plummeted to historic lows, with the most recent negative number coming in the form of a franchise-record 10-game losing streak.
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The Athletic Nfl Staff, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Ground battles are consistently being lost, defections are rising, and morale among troops has plummeted.
—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
The Athletic Nfl Staff, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Ground battles are consistently being lost, defections are rising, and morale among troops has plummeted.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plummeted
Verb
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One of the people who lost his job at NOAA in late February was working on models to better predict severe weather, like the storm that felled my tree.—
Megha Satyanarayana,
Scientific American,
7 Mar. 2025
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The coalition will be under pressure to deliver results and avoid the infighting that has felled previous governments.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Then, the country's population plunged by at least 30 million people.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
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
Verb
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But Adebayo’s outside shooting has dipped along with just about every other aspect of his offense this year.—
Eric Koreen,
The Athletic,
3 Jan. 2025
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Shares of alcohol manufacturers including Molson-Coors and Anheuser-Busch initially dipped more than 1% following the advisory.—
Kristian Burt,
CNBC,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Plummeted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plummeted. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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