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Six example sentences with precipitous, each labelled with its topic.
The board's precipitous decision to close two plants was announced before anyone had checked the order backlog.
Business
Selling the whole position in one precipitous morning cost the fund far more than a patient exit would have.
Finance
Our precipitous change of plans left us at a shut border post with no visa and no return bus.
Travel
The precipitous ban was announced at midnight and withdrawn by Thursday, once someone read the treaty.
Politics
The precipitous trade sent away a rookie the club had drafted six weeks earlier, and fans still complain.
Basketball
A precipitous pivot to hardware burned the last of the funding before a single unit had been tested.
Startups
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