How to pronounce precipitous
Listen to precipitous in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“precipitous” in real sentences
91 clips in the index · 27 American · 23 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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huge precipitous drop in adherence.
NIH · hear it here
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of the challenge” is now “precipitous”.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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It has been a precipitous drop.
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
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And for me to do anything precipitous
60 Minutes · hear it here
Why real speech
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