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 Millions of young consumers were suddenly diving into the workings of mechanical watches and horology. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026 As happened following the release of another Prime Video romance (Off Campus, IYKYK), fans are already diving into the age gap between the Love Hypothesis leads. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026 Without explicitly diving in, her writing sheds light on today’s Russian corruption and Putin’s endless war with Ukraine, which is ultimately a war against the West. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026 Venture into unknown territory by diving head-first into bold prints, or try new silhouettes in familiar colors instead—they’ll both go with your perfect white tee. — Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 21 Sep. 2026 Suzuki saved from Munoz at the back post before diving sharply to his left to stop Xaver Schlager’s header, provided by a Munoz cross. — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Now, the gallery is diving further into technology by launching the Future Art Ecosystems R&D Fellowship. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Koss saw the opportunity and never stopped running, diving into third without a throw. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2026 Fittingly, the building's form resembles one of these majestic sea creatures diving into the water. — New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diving
  1. plunging
  2. falling
  3. dipping
  4. tumbling
  5. declining
  6. dropping
  7. sinking
  8. plummeting
Verb
  • Pilots have compared landing on the short runway, with either side plunging straight down off the side of a vertical cliff, to landing on an aircraft carrier.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • And this week, our story about the dwindling water levels in Lake Powell, the country’s second-largest reservoir, shows breathtaking expanses of dry canyon plunging to a shrinking, narrow ribbon of teal green.
    — Stephanie Hanes, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of plunging
Verb
  • People have moved so aggressively along the learning curve that those challenges are falling by the wayside.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Paired with an all-leather ensemble, pants and pointed-toe pumps included, the hair screamed ’80s rom-com star, the curls falling toward her face in a single swift motion.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of falling
Verb
  • Matt Stanley, head of market engagement at Kpler, highlighted Europe’s dilemma and the risks posed by dipping into emergency reserves in an uncertain geopolitical environment.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Voices, voices, voices, chirping, screeching, rising high to a crescendo, dipping low for a moment, then soaring straight up again.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of dipping
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  • Cliffs teeter at 1,640 feet, before tumbling down in a flurry of vineyards and walking trails to the rushing rivers and gorges of Sil and Miño.
    — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026
  • But many homeowners locked in low mortgage rates when COVID-19 slammed the economy and sent borrowing costs tumbling; so they are protected if mortgage rates rise in the wake of a Fed raTte hike.
    — Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of tumbling
Verb
  • Local officials and school leaders have linked the shortage of family housing to declining enrollment in the Davis Joint Unified School District, which is weighing school closures.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • And the Civilian Oversight Commission filed suit against the department in June for declining to provide certain records related to three cases of use of force the commission issued subpoenas for in February 2025.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of declining
Verb
  • Back in the United States two weeks after dropping its Big 12 opener to Arizona State in England, Kansas crushed Middle Tennessee of Conference USA 55-0 Saturday at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
  • After starting 3-0 in district play in 2025, the Blue Raiders lost some steam, dropping five straight games facing a tough schedule.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of dropping
Verb
  • The extreme heat is driven by a persistent high pressure ridge that has parked over the region causing sinking warming air with very little overnight relief.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Its fertility rate fell below replacement level in 2008 and has been sinking since.
    — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of sinking
Verb
  • This dynamic sent SaaS stocks plummeting earlier this year, but many have regained some ground (registration required) as reality sets in.
    — Dan Faulkner, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • But alas, eventually all involved have to get down to business and actually contend with the plot beats of Hoover’s story, which is when the movie careens off a cliff, plummeting past so-bad-it’s-good and crashing on the rocks of agonizingly dumb.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of plummeting

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“Diving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diving. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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