diving

verb

present participle of dive
1
as in plunging
to cast oneself head first into deep water we watched her dive in after the drowning man

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2
as in falling
to go to a lower level especially abruptly sales figures for existing homes dived dramatically when mortgage rates skyrocketed

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Recent Examples of diving Musk laid out just how deeply SpaceX is diving into AI during his 29-minute talk, which came a week after SpaceX's first-ever quarterly earnings call as a public company. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Investigators say Simpson objected to another boater anchoring near his spot and then shut off the air supply to a teen who was diving from that boat. — Larry Seward, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026 He is accused of boarding a boat and shutting off the oxygen supply of a teenager who was diving at the time. — ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026 White boarding a dev sprint looks a lot different than diving into a financial model. — Sarah Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Located in Indonesia’s remote eastern islands, it is known for exceptional marine life and clear waters that make snorkeling and diving the main attraction. — Jarrod Hobson, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026 Throughout the day, teenagers would dash onto the beach, dodging officers before diving back into the water. — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 31 July 2026 Soren Stevenson was filming his brother-in-law surfing at Newport Beach, California, the morning of Saturday, July 25 when the white shark jumped out of the water behind him and appeared to wriggle before diving back in. — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 29 July 2026 Even Netflix is diving in on a selective high-profile events such as Christmas Day NFL games. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 23 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diving
  1. plunging
  2. falling
  3. dipping
  4. tumbling
  5. declining
  6. dropping
  7. sinking
  8. plummeting
Verb
  • Meanwhile, many owners of Wildberries pickup points face lost revenue amid the plunging deliveries.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Production later climbed above 3 million barrels a day before decades of neglect, corruption, expropriations, economic collapse and US sanctions sent output plunging.
    — Fabiola Zerpa, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of plunging
Verb
  • Brokerages price crypto like an asset class, a few dozen basis points and falling.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • International benchmark Brent crude surpassed $100 a barrel last month, while also falling near $70 a barrel.
    — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of falling
Verb
  • Learn how to measure flour the Test Kitchen way, and remember that dipping the measuring cup in the flour and scooping it out generally results in a 25-gram surplus of flour.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2026
  • As the moon and Saturn harmonize, dipping into reserves won’t break the bank.
    — USA TODAY, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of dipping
Verb
  • People come to hike among sandstone caves and chase waterfalls tumbling peacefully into blue-green pools.
    — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 9 Aug. 2026
  • White, the former Illinois secretary of state, is on the Snowballs’ advisory board, and Emmanuel McGhee, the tumbling team’s head coach, is also a coach for the Snowballs.
    — Chris Placek, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of tumbling
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  • Farage did not give a victory speech after declining to attend the declaration, claiming police had warned of a campaign to disrupt it.
    — Reagan Yip, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Is the town’s population growing or declining, and by how much?
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of declining
Verb
  • The odds of the Clarity Act passing into law this year have plummeted in recent months on the Polymarket and Kalshi prediction platforms, dropping to around 20% from a peak of around 80% in the first few months of the year.
    — Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • After using unconventional tactics, such as water-dropping helicopters, LAFD crews knocked down the fire and returned the property to Lineage for cleanup.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of dropping
Verb
  • Together, the three women are forced to confront old wounds and find out whether what still binds them is strong enough to keep them from sinking.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Terafab is asking the state to cover the difference of the maintenance and operations (M&0) and interest and sinking (I&S) taxes using the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation, or JETI, program.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of sinking
Verb
  • That corresponds with the city’s overall vacancy rate plummeting to its lowest point in nearly 60 years.
    — Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Odds of a hike fell to as low as 25% on Friday, plummeting from over 60% at the start of the month.
    — Benzinga, Freep.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of plummeting

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