Plummet
verb
To quickly and suddenly decrease or fall a lot in value or level.
Stock prices can plummet if the economy is not doing well.
verb
To fall down quickly and suddenly from a high place or position.
The bird plummeted from the sky.
Often appears as...
- plummet from the sky
- plummet to the ground
verb
To quickly and suddenly decrease or fall a lot in value or level.
Stock prices can plummet if the economy is not doing well.
verb
To fall down quickly and suddenly from a high place or position.
The bird plummeted from the sky.
Often appears as...
- plummet from the sky
- plummet to the ground
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Pro Tip 1/3Economic Context
Use 'plummet' to describe rapid declines in business or economic situations, showing urgency or distress.
When the scandal was revealed, the company's stock price plummeted.
Pro Tip 2/3Dramatic Effect
'Plummet' adds drama, suggesting something is falling quickly and might cause shock or surprise.
Sales have plummeted this quarter, alarming the management team.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
The word 'plummet' often has a negative connotation, as most contexts involve undesirable decreases.
Visitor numbers at the park plummeted due to the ongoing storms.
Pro Tip 1/3Economic Context
Use 'plummet' to describe rapid declines in business or economic situations, showing urgency or distress.
When the scandal was revealed, the company's stock price plummeted.
Pro Tip 2/3Dramatic Effect
'Plummet' adds drama, suggesting something is falling quickly and might cause shock or surprise.
Sales have plummeted this quarter, alarming the management team.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
The word 'plummet' often has a negative connotation, as most contexts involve undesirable decreases.
Visitor numbers at the park plummeted due to the ongoing storms.
Pro Tip 1/3Economic Context
Use 'plummet' to describe rapid declines in business or economic situations, showing urgency or distress.
When the scandal was revealed, the company's stock price plummeted.
Pro Tip 2/3Dramatic Effect
'Plummet' adds drama, suggesting something is falling quickly and might cause shock or surprise.
Sales have plummeted this quarter, alarming the management team.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
The word 'plummet' often has a negative connotation, as most contexts involve undesirable decreases.
Visitor numbers at the park plummeted due to the ongoing storms.
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David Mackay: A reality...
That was when I was reading the meter every week. And my life changed, because I started doing experiments and seeing what made a difference. My gas consumption plummeted, because I started tinkering with the thermostat and the timing on the heating system, and I knocked more than half off my gas bills. There's a similar story for my electricity consumption,
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A reality check on...
bottom and that was when I was reading the meter every week and my life changed because I'd started doing experiments and seeing what made a difference and my gas consumption plummeted because I started tinkering with the thermostat and the timing on the heating system and I knocked more than a half off my gas
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Spotting the World's...
And then they fold their wings back and get this incredibly aerodynamic form before plummeting down, making them the fastest animal in the world. Travelling at speeds of more than 300 kilometres per hour. Anything moving that quickly would have huge amounts of air firing straight in
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Three ways the universe...
Galaxies would start rushing towards each other, and as they clumped together their gravitational pull would get even stronger. Stars too would hurtle together and collide. Temperatures would rise as space would get tighter and tighter. The size of the universe would plummet
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Nature's fortress: How...
reducing the plant's core temperature during the heat of the day. Then, at night, when air temperatures plummet, the spines act as an insulating layer, keeping the cactus from cooling down too much. These functions are just as important, if not more,
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The Call of Everest PIPE...
the glaciers would once again grow and plummet down the valleys destroying everything in their path and the exact opposite happened an unthinkable trend of warming and in glacial recession and glacial lake formation likewise the
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How does the Rorschach...
as a sort of universal personality test. Employers made prejudiced hiring decisions based on reductive decoding charts. As the test left clinics and entered popular culture its reputation among medical professionals plummeted,
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The beautiful,...
When the amplification fails, our hearing's sensitivity plummets, and an individual may then need an electronic hearing aid to supplant the damaged biological one. This active process also enhances our frequency selectivity.
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What would happen if...
And as sunken skyscrapers add crumbled concrete to the new forest floor, the soil acidity plummets, potentially allowing new plant life to thrive. This post-human biodiversity extends into the animal kingdom, as well.
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How fire shapes...
eventually the new order begins to establish itself by technological substitution and outright suppression the population of fires plummets good fires as well as bad fires it falls
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David Mackay: A reality...
That was when I was reading the meter every week. And my life changed, because I started doing experiments and seeing what made a difference. My gas consumption plummeted, because I started tinkering with the thermostat and the timing on the heating system, and I knocked more than half off my gas bills. There's a similar story for my electricity consumption,
Video examples
A reality check on...
bottom and that was when I was reading the meter every week and my life changed because I'd started doing experiments and seeing what made a difference and my gas consumption plummeted because I started tinkering with the thermostat and the timing on the heating system and I knocked more than a half off my gas
Video examples
Spotting the World's...
And then they fold their wings back and get this incredibly aerodynamic form before plummeting down, making them the fastest animal in the world. Travelling at speeds of more than 300 kilometres per hour. Anything moving that quickly would have huge amounts of air firing straight in
Video examples
Three ways the universe...
Galaxies would start rushing towards each other, and as they clumped together their gravitational pull would get even stronger. Stars too would hurtle together and collide. Temperatures would rise as space would get tighter and tighter. The size of the universe would plummet
Video examples
Nature's fortress: How...
reducing the plant's core temperature during the heat of the day. Then, at night, when air temperatures plummet, the spines act as an insulating layer, keeping the cactus from cooling down too much. These functions are just as important, if not more,
Video examples
The Call of Everest PIPE...
the glaciers would once again grow and plummet down the valleys destroying everything in their path and the exact opposite happened an unthinkable trend of warming and in glacial recession and glacial lake formation likewise the
Video examples
How does the Rorschach...
as a sort of universal personality test. Employers made prejudiced hiring decisions based on reductive decoding charts. As the test left clinics and entered popular culture its reputation among medical professionals plummeted,
Video examples
The beautiful,...
When the amplification fails, our hearing's sensitivity plummets, and an individual may then need an electronic hearing aid to supplant the damaged biological one. This active process also enhances our frequency selectivity.
Video examples
What would happen if...
And as sunken skyscrapers add crumbled concrete to the new forest floor, the soil acidity plummets, potentially allowing new plant life to thrive. This post-human biodiversity extends into the animal kingdom, as well.
Video examples
How fire shapes...
eventually the new order begins to establish itself by technological substitution and outright suppression the population of fires plummets good fires as well as bad fires it falls
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Nathan Myhrvold
American Businessman
Regardless of how it's done, transaction costs will continue to plummet as computers get more powerful. Low transaction costs are a wonderful thing if you're in the transaction business. They're wonderful for consumers too, making it cheaper and easier to buy things and creating new things to buy.
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Drew Barrymore
American Actress
I love roller coasters that make my stomach drop. One ride in Las Vegas, the Big Shot, straps you into a row of seats and catapults you into the air from the top of the Stratosphere Tower - then plummets back down. I ride it over and over; it's exhilarating.
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Dawn Foster
British Journalist
Winter is always the hardest period for rough sleepers because of the climate and the post-Christmas dip in generosity towards anyone begging. And there's a genuine risk to life for anyone having to sleep out as temperatures plummet.
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Charlotte Ritchie
English Actress
I'm not an active person on social media, really. I always get nervous tweeting anything. The moment I tweet, I get this plummeting sense of regret. I delete roughly 95 percent of my tweets immediately.
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Faith Salie
American Journalist
Approval ratings matter for politicians, largely for good reason. A leader with plummeting approval ratings ought to take note of the needs and hopes of his people.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
Racial relations in this country are plummeting. Racial strife is rising. All the while, Obama is out there talking about unity and bringing us together.
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Trish Regan
American Journalist
I want a for-profit company counting my vote because they know if they get it wrong, or if they get hacked, their value will plummet.
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Bob Saget
American Actor
I was so depressed for so many years over trying to become a working comedian that my sense of self-worth would plummet.
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Tech N9ne
American Musician
I've been around so long that I've seen rappers make it and plummet.
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Robert Harris
British Novelist
We say, 'The market plummets,' like it's some roaring creature.
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Nathan Myhrvold
American Businessman
Regardless of how it's done, transaction costs will continue to plummet as computers get more powerful. Low transaction costs are a wonderful thing if you're in the transaction business. They're wonderful for consumers too, making it cheaper and easier to buy things and creating new things to buy.
Quote examples
Drew Barrymore
American Actress
I love roller coasters that make my stomach drop. One ride in Las Vegas, the Big Shot, straps you into a row of seats and catapults you into the air from the top of the Stratosphere Tower - then plummets back down. I ride it over and over; it's exhilarating.
Quote examples
Dawn Foster
British Journalist
Winter is always the hardest period for rough sleepers because of the climate and the post-Christmas dip in generosity towards anyone begging. And there's a genuine risk to life for anyone having to sleep out as temperatures plummet.
Quote examples
Charlotte Ritchie
English Actress
I'm not an active person on social media, really. I always get nervous tweeting anything. The moment I tweet, I get this plummeting sense of regret. I delete roughly 95 percent of my tweets immediately.
Quote examples
Faith Salie
American Journalist
Approval ratings matter for politicians, largely for good reason. A leader with plummeting approval ratings ought to take note of the needs and hopes of his people.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
Racial relations in this country are plummeting. Racial strife is rising. All the while, Obama is out there talking about unity and bringing us together.
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Trish Regan
American Journalist
I want a for-profit company counting my vote because they know if they get it wrong, or if they get hacked, their value will plummet.
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Bob Saget
American Actor
I was so depressed for so many years over trying to become a working comedian that my sense of self-worth would plummet.
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Tech N9ne
American Musician
I've been around so long that I've seen rappers make it and plummet.
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Robert Harris
British Novelist
We say, 'The market plummets,' like it's some roaring creature.
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