Example Sentences

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But in Fiji, too, the bat’s populations have been plummeting.

From Scientific American • Aug. 28, 2023

The salmon, whose numbers have been plummeting for decades, are now in some places facing extinction.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 3, 2022

Real estate prices have been plummeting as a result of the oil slump and the new construction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2016

But all of this production is dependent on high prices, which have been plummeting over the summer.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2014

Annual production dropped 7 percent in 2012 to just over 1 billion tons, the lowest total in two decades, and the stock prices of many coal companies have been plummeting.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2013