Etymology
Origin of tanked
Example Sentences
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Shares tanked 55% on Feb. 9 after the IT infrastructure provider announced a review of its cash management practices and the departures of its chief financial officer and general counsel.
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Shares tanked 55% on Feb. 9 after the IT infrastructure provider announced a review of its cash management practices and the departures of its chief financial officer and general counsel.
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Jukeboxes helped save the music industry when record sales tanked during the Great Depression and people sought inexpensive entertainment after the repeal of Prohibition.
Tourism has also tanked since the Covid pandemic, in part because Cuba isn’t a market economy.
The stock tanked 15% on Wednesday after the company—which also makes the popular weight-loss and diabetes drug Ozempic—issued a dismal outlook for the current year, saying it expects sales to fall.
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