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.

  1. huge precipitous drop in adherence.

    NIH · hear it here

  2. of the challenge” is now “precipitous”.

    The Scottish Parliament · hear it here

  3. It has been a precipitous drop.

    The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here

  4. And for me to do anything precipitous

    60 Minutes · hear it here

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