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
Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 July 2025
Elon Musk is back in form at Tesla and championing the Cybertruck, which has taken a nosedive in deliveries.
—Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Just prior to Trudeau’s exit, the Liberal Party was expected to take a nosedive in the federal election against Poiliervre’s Conservative Party – but Trump appears to have changed all that.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
The season certainly started off with a bang, but grosses took a nosedive in the latter half as the life raft once provided by the foreign box office nearly deflated and a glut of male-skewing tentpoles battled for scraps.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Noun
That action, which prompted a nosedive in Asia-to-U.S. trade in May, was largely viewed as a precursor to more expansive regulatory action against de minimis.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 July 2025
Elon Musk is back in form at Tesla and championing the Cybertruck, which has taken a nosedive in deliveries.
—Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Just prior to Trudeau’s exit, the Liberal Party was expected to take a nosedive in the federal election against Poiliervre’s Conservative Party – but Trump appears to have changed all that.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
The season certainly started off with a bang, but grosses took a nosedive in the latter half as the life raft once provided by the foreign box office nearly deflated and a glut of male-skewing tentpoles battled for scraps.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nosedive
Noun
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According to Champo, apply three to four drops onto the fingertips and massage where needed.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
12 Sep. 2025
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The most severe drop was in press freedom when compared with five years ago, but the indicator for the credibility of elections was at its lowest in 30 years.—
Matthew Tostevin
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Stardust Racers, the sinewy roller coaster that towers over Epic Universe, shoots bodies through the sky at more than 60 miles an hour and plunges them toward the surface of the Earth from the height of a 10-story building.—
Bianca Bosker,
The Atlantic,
14 Sep. 2025
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Girl Scouts of the USA is rolling out a new cookie flavor next year, hoping to sweeten sales after a rocky stretch marked by higher prices, plunging demand and nearly $3 million in operating losses.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Outdoors, the scenic grounds are just right for a heated game of pétanque or a dip in the heated pool.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Architectural Digest,
17 Sep. 2025
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Still, heavy truck sales rebounded to near highs following a pandemic dip even with the ongoing technical transformation of the economy.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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New residential property prices fell year-on-year during August in 65 out of 70 cities surveyed by the NBS, data also showed.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
15 Sep. 2025
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Penske’s complaint argues that practice isn’t a fair exchange and has caused significant financial harm, with the company’s affiliate revenue falling by more than a third (as a result of Google’s AI Overviews co-opting traffic that might have otherwise gone to Penske outlets).—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Following on from its second-quarter results, the company maintained its full-year sales growth outlook of a low single-digit year-over-year decline.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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At the time, Western Sizzlin had long been in a period of decline, having filed for bankruptcy in 1992.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The stock tumbled 14% in a single day as investors feared that their expectations for orforglipron sales in the coming years were too optimistic.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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The problem with these ideas, however, is that much of the junk is tumbling.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Instead, computers became powerful enough that AIs can be churned out by gradient descent, without any human needing to understand the cognitions that grow inside.—
Nate Soares,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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My descent into bodybuilding hasn’t always been accepted warmly by the people in my life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That sentiment has coincided with plummeting sales of Teslas, particularly in Europe.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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When your cards are maxed out, your ratio jumps up to 100% causing your score to plummet.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Nosedive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nosedive. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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