Example Sentences

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“We are dealing with different climate conditions that are precipitating in fires the likes we haven’t seen in modern recorded history,” he said Monday.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2020

I still feel that pathogens are precipitating factors in susceptible hosts, and that the outcome of illness and recovery is very complex.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 17, 2019

"Some of the big bellwether financial-services companies are precipitating the correction that we're seeing," said Phil Orlando, chief equity market strategist at Federated Investors of Tuesday's retreat by stocks.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Some of the big bellwether financial-services companies are precipitating the correction that we're seeing," said Phil Orlando, chief equity market strategist at Federated Investors of Tuesday's retreat by stocks.

From Time Magazine Archive

The history of the family shows gradual changes that have produced varieties of organization, and the present situation discloses weaknesses that are precipitating upon society very serious problems.

From Society Its Origin and Development by Rowe, Henry Kalloch