Precipitously

F Neal Pitt, the second-leading rebounder in the MEAC last season, missed seven games due to injury and saw his numbers (7.4 points, 5.9 rebounds) decline precipitously from the 16 points and 8.1 rebounds he averaged last season. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Anything that causes stock prices to fall precipitously is going to be perceived as a failure by a pretty big swath of the middle and upper middle classes. ❋ Unknown (2010)

So we have tried to do sort of a stress test, if you will, on all of these investments, to make sure that even if they fall fairly precipitously, that is market prices, that these still make sense.

We are owed a substantial seven-figure sum by various advertisers and business partners, but as with everyone else in media, payments to us have slowed precipitously, which is turn has crippled our ability to pay our bills on time. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Midmonth, Health GAP, an independent activist organization, reported that antiretroviral-treatment programs at the JCRC and other clinics in Uganda were being "precipitously" transferred to government hospitals, which did not have the drugs to handle them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Bear Stearns Cos. disclosed that its stock and bond sales and trading business, long the cornerstone of its franchise, plunged "precipitously" following the cash crunch that forced the Wall Street firm to agree to sell itself to J.P. Morgan Chase ❋ Unknown (2008)

Part of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking's argument for selling the collateral, which consists of bonds and corporate loans, is that the value of the collateral had dropped "precipitously," said John Conlon, ❋ Unknown (2008)

But let's all pretend we did (or will soon enough, though certainly never "precipitously," so leave us alone). ❋ Unknown (2008)

To those who say we cannot withdraw "precipitously," there is nothing precipitous about pulling out after four years of occupying another country against its will. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And, now that we're already there, that it would not be a good idea to leave "precipitously" ❋ Bradamant (2008)

I don't know what "precipitously" means, but it's a word that always seems to come after "decline." ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2008)

UPS said last month that next-day volumes fell "precipitously" in September, and forecast that fourth-quarter volume in the U.S. would be down 4% year-on-year as many business clients continued shifting from air shipping to lower-cost ground service. ❋ Unknown (2008)

To those who say we cannot withdraw "precipitously," there is nothing precipitous about pulling out after four years of occupying another country against its will and in a situation where the occupying forces are at the root of the instability and violence and is fueling a civil war. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Now Mr. Barry is pointing out, ever so delicately, that the ownership question should never have been referred to the Newfoundland court in the first place and that the Newfoundland Government acted ''precipitously'' in so doing. ❋ Ed Hollett (2007)

Public support for Canada's military role in Afghanistan has dropped "precipitously" as more and more Canadians thinks troops are fighting an impossible mission, a new poll shows. ❋ Unknown (2006)

" will there be any [precipitation] [today]?" " no, just a [sunny day]" ❋ Lucky Kid (2017)

Jake ended up in the hospital after making a very precipitous [jump on] his motorcycle. [The mountain] was very precipitous after the [avalanche]. ❋ <3RAWR<3 (2009)

"Is there going to be any precipitation today?" "...just [call it] [rain] you [fkn] nerd" ❋ Deesenutz (2015)

[jk]: I'm giving this new girl a try. jk: If things don't [precipitate] after 2 months then it might be time to move on, but i really dig her. [dd]: [Precipitate]? Doesn't that mean rain? jk: Yeah, me raining skeet on her face. ❋ Mr. Softie 58 (2007)

THEIR IS [PRECIPITATION] DUDE IT COMES FROM [THE SKY] [DIE], DIE, DIE!!!!! ❋ HOUNKUS (2019)

[Zack]: Hey [Devin]! Why are you [soaking wet]? Devin: You know that storm we had yesterday? I was just hit by some precipital fallout when I walked under those trees over there. Zack: Oh...HA! ❋ DR192 (2009)

Dude, I played Minecraft for [so long] yesterday that I was collecting my [gamer precipitation] like [rain] water. ❋ Exploding Lemon (2023)

"[Well cool], [precipitation]." "My [fucking god] man." ❋ Corner_Urban (2020)

"[Liz] is coming over!I [predict] an 80% chance of [vaginal precipitation]." ❋ Semen Flower (2009)

I don't have to get [tested] because Mary just did and she's clean, [gotta love] that [reciprocal precipitation]. ❋ Harriet Dubman (2014)