But within the next two years, the annual average dropped precipitously, to about 600 a year.

"They either stop or move on to another area, and the cost drops precipitously."

At the end of 1990, financial services stocks dropped precipitously.

The average age of retirement has precipitously dropped in recent years, and no one knows why.

But Harris' numbers in the second half of the season dropped precipitously.

By the time they were resolved, the water table had dropped precipitously.

Then the number of students checking the box dropped precipitously.

The fact that he was still standing made him much more vulnerable when the car dropped precipitously.

Then, suddenly, the main engine died again and our speed dropped precipitously.

Since then, the nation's per capita income has dropped precipitously.