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
Jennifer Morris, Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2025
Friday's losses come on the heels of Thursday's nosedive after Trump announced late Wednesday sweeping 10% tariffs on all countries, effective April 5, and even higher reciprocal tariffs on a list of other countries.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
The moves were met with consecutive days' worth of a stock market nosedive coupled with new fears of a recession.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Consumer confidence has taken a nosedive in 2025 as Americans grow more concerned that inflation could spike again, and tariffs will squeeze their wallets.
—Austin Denean, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025
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One big hurdle will be both consumer and business confidence, both of which have taken a nosedive recently.
—Jennifer Morris, Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2025
Friday's losses come on the heels of Thursday's nosedive after Trump announced late Wednesday sweeping 10% tariffs on all countries, effective April 5, and even higher reciprocal tariffs on a list of other countries.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
The moves were met with consecutive days' worth of a stock market nosedive coupled with new fears of a recession.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Consumer confidence has taken a nosedive in 2025 as Americans grow more concerned that inflation could spike again, and tariffs will squeeze their wallets.
—Austin Denean, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nosedive
Noun
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This year’s increase would compare with a 0.4% rise in 2024 following drops of 7% and nearly 15% in 2023 and 2022, respectively, from inflated prices during the Covid-19 pandemic.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
6 June 2025
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The full-length leads during a packed frame of exciting new releases, as this Friday (June 6), includes drops from stars across genres — but none of them can quite compete with Wayne at the moment.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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In March 2024, meantime, a LATAM Airlines flight from Sydney to Auckland suddenly plunged 400 ft.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
13 June 2025
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Online traffic from Canadian buyers, Realtor.com reported, plunged by 40.7 percent to 34.7 percent from the last quarter of 2024 to the first quarter of 2025.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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There are two types of people in the summer: those who like to lounge at the beach, and others who want to get their hair wet and feet sandy, taking a dip in the ocean.—
Nicol Natale,
People.com,
13 June 2025
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Hurts' passing numbers took a slight dip, but Saquon Barkley had a lot to do with that.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
Verb
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What once looked like a promising season is falling apart for the Kansas City Royals.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
15 June 2025
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Reckoning for three weekends, but the Tom Cruise-starrer fell only 31 percent in its fourth outing to $10.3 million from 2,942 theaters for a domestic tally of $166.3 million.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
15 June 2025
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Some of the nation’s leading tourist destinations, including Orlando, Miami and Los Angeles, are bracing for how the decline will impact businesses that rely on spending from international travelers.—
Jason Carroll,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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Russell Reynolds' Global CEO Turnover Index reports that the average CEO tenure dropped from 8.1 years in Q1 2024 to 6.8 years in Q1 2025, marking the sharpest decline in recent years.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
Verb
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That prompted a sell-off in stocks on Friday, with the Dow tumbling more than 700 points in the session.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
15 June 2025
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In Henry King’s Jesse James (1939), Jesse and Frank, that is Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda, which is to say their stunt doubles, ride their horses over a cliff and tumble 70 feet into the Lake of the Ozarks.—
Thomas Doherty,
HollywoodReporter,
14 June 2025
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Begin the descent into the canyon, which is shaded by eucalyptus trees.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 June 2025
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Chicago Tribune How Ramesh survived the descent is still a miraculous mystery.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2025
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In theory, yes, if Bitcoin failed to adapt and quantum computers suddenly became powerful enough to break its encryption, its value would plummet.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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According to a report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, about 9.7 million student loan borrowers have seen their credit scores plummet since late last year, when delinquencies and defaults on those loans began to be listed on credit reports.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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