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as in fell
to go to a lower level especially abruptly
prices for those televisions have really plunged since they were first introduced
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as in descended
to lead or extend downward
a stairway plunging into darkness
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Recent Examples of plunged
Erdoğan changed course in 2023 and brought in new central-bank leadership who jacked interest rates to nearly 50 percent and plunged the country into a recession in a desperate effort to restore credibility.
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Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
Shares have plunged more than 20% over the course of those two days.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 7 Jan. 2026
Its first season’s defining set piece plunged the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center’s emergency department into the aftermath of a mass shooting, an act of narrative escalation that felt like the writers’ room emptying its reserves.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2026
New-car sales among households with annual incomes of $75,000 or less have plunged 30% since 2019.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 6 Jan. 2026
Sales at the Naperville site plunged, Mowry said, when a water main replacement project on Washington Street and work on a nearby bridge started in April 2024.
—Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Oil prices plunged by 20% last year – their worst since 2020.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
That year, Pinterest’s stock price plunged 26% from April 14 to May 5.
—Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 5 Jan. 2026
The move came after Strategy shares plunged about 50% from their 2025 peak, erasing much of the premium investors were once willing to pay for its massive bitcoin holdings.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plunged
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Allen dived under his truck but was killed by shotgun blasts.—
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Oxygen tanks weren’t invented until the 19th century, yet there is evidence that Neanderthals 90,000 years ago dived deep for clams.—
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The at-bats were brief and uneventful, the opposite of the approach that carried Toronto to this stage and felled Snell in Game 1.—
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That says a lot about the 2025 Red Sox, who were a top offensive team in many metrics, but were also felled by their bats in crucial spots throughout the year and postseason.—
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The radical republic that replaced it bore little resemblance to the partner of 1778, having descended into chaos, executions, and ideological extremism that threatened neighboring states.—
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Middle East efforts In Bulgaria, Mladenov held the position of defense minister for a year, before serving as foreign minister from 2010-13, during the uprisings in the Middle East known as the Arab Spring when Syria also descended into civil war.—
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The trend is not shiny, glass mosaics, but rather tumbled stone in subtle, natural colors.—
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Memory storage plays — Data storage stocks tumbled as investors continued to cash in after their recent run-up.—
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Wash With Soap and Water As a final step, dab the area with a cloth or sponge dipped in slightly soapy water.—
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The number of teachers on the payroll dipped, too, by about 17% in 2022 and 2023 before creeping back up in 2024 and 2025, according to data provided by Epic.—
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Since the mandate, neural tube defects have dramatically declined in almost every single ethnic population except for Latinos, according to Jaffery.—
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Wiener declined to answer the question in either direction.—
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Streetlights flickered before large parts of the city were plunged into darkness, as a thick fog settled over the streets and temperatures plummeted to –5 degrees Celsius (23 degrees Fahrenheit).—
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Its value has plummeted more than 800% since then and stands around 1,500,000 rials against the dollar as of this week.—
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The couple's appearance comes just days after Cher appeared on Shepard's Armchair Expert and dropped a few awkward moments with the hosts.—
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On Philadelphia's final drive, Brown dropped a pass on third-and-five from quarterback Jalen Hurts that went right through his hands.—
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“Plunged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plunged. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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