Sentence examples for cause of precipitous from inspiring English sources

Conducted by the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan organization, the study noted that housing woes were the principal cause of precipitous declines in household net worth among both Hispanics and blacks from 2005 through 2009.

The underlying cause of this precipitous drop characterizes shock; for example, hypovolemic shock is caused by inadequate blood volume, cardiogenic shock is caused by reduced heart function, and neurogenic shock and septic shock are caused by malfunction of the vascular system.

That was the cause of the precipitous drop in the rupiah, as the corporate debtors went into the market to get dollars to cover themselves.

Although the proposition passed, the backlash toward those who supported it has been a leading cause of a precipitous decline in the number of Republicans registered in California.

A likely interpretation of these disappointing results is that the heavy burden of infectious diseases, and the associated chronic environmental gastroenteropathy that affects most children in developing countries and is the major cause of the precipitous fall-off in height-for-age in infancy, simply overwhelms attempts at intervention (31).

These captures were part of an investigation into potential causes of a precipitous decrease in the population that resulted in a US Endangered Species Act listing.

Luckily, the cause of McGhee's precipitous decline proved to be much more treatable — and prosaic — than doctors initially feared.

Indeed, he predicts that for the average journal today, five extra years' worth of online availability will cause a precipitous drop in the number of articles receiving one or more citations from 600 to 200 a year.

"What I wouldn't want it to do is take some kind of precipitous action that suddenly causes the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to interrupt that," he said.

A new study indicates that climate change could cause a precipitous decline in the quality of top wines in the United States.

In one infant with a large patent ductus arteriosus, even brief episodes of mild bradycardia caused precipitous reduction of cytochrome aa3 before any shift to greater hemoglobin deoxygenation.