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How to use the word Steep in a Sentence?

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The lower premiums will expand homeownership opportunities by lowering mortgage payments for qualified FHA borrowers, providing critical relief from the steep rise in mortgage rates and home prices just in time for the spring buying season, this will especially help minority homebuyers and low-and moderate-income households who are predominantly served by FHA loans.

Bob Broeksmit

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There are considerable downside risks to sentiment, with two-thirds of consumers expecting an economic downturn during the next year, notably, the debt ceiling debate looms ahead and could reverse the gains seen over the last several months; past debt ceiling crises in 2011 and 2013 prompted steep declines in consumer confidence.

Joanne Hsu

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Fire will become active with primary movement to the east due to the west winds. Steep drainages will aid the spread with the up canyon/up slope winds and heavy fuels.

Cal Fire

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Now for some of these young adults, it’s a long, steep learning curve, but you know what? They can do it, they can absolutely do it. And if they can’t do it themselves, we pair them up with a buddy, and they get help.

Robin Rinearson

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Going into this season, I did not have housing offered to me as part of this position, the nearest towns that do or may offer housing are either a pretty far commute or have pretty steep rates.

Lucyanna Labadie

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Companies are more fearful than retail investors because retailers are making profits by selling more shares than companies in the last 2 months and so companies have sponsored business news channels anchors who advise these days retail investors not to fear and sell their shares so frenzily. Retail investors are further ready to offload their shares on Monday as they know Market is on bearish mood and char shows steep downward trend.

Lakshheish M Patel

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1 year ago

They're walking a very slender path, and on either side of the precipice, they're walking a ridge with steep sides and the ridge is getting narrower. And as the war continues, it will become like a razor.

Seth Cropsey

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I do think in places that we are seeing this really steep incline, that we may well see also a precipitous decline, but we're also a much bigger country than South Africa.

Rochelle Walensky

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Too steep of a curve implies that inflation is getting out of control and the Fed may have to tighten quickly.

Ed Clissold

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

Still, many goods producers are hopeful that conditions will have improved come next summer, and a further steep rise in employment levels shows that efforts are still being made to expand capacity and prepare for higher output in the future.

Phil Smith

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

The fire activity subsided due to the strong inversion layer early in the day but became active after 3:00 p.m. The fire continues to make runs in the steep drainages with the aid of the large amounts of dead and down material.

Cal Fire

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Areas undergoing rapid urbanization are experiencing a steep rise in risk, building resilient communities means first identifying at-risk groups, whether that's based on location, income, welfare, housing, employment, medical history, or other factors.

Liu Junyan

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The hill is very steep, i don't think we've even begun to put a dent in that program.

Van Tol

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We don't appreciate just how much of a steep curve that this is for families, we're not having enough conversations about tech support, tech trainings, workshops, putting parents in a power position around technology.

Lakisha Young

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We're entering into what really is a precarious situation because we're in the middle of a steep slope.

Anthony Fauci

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The number of severe cases in intensive patients is still rising. The number of deaths is something that is not really being talked about and it remains very high, we have not yet managed to bring the numbers back to a low level. We have basically only managed to get past the first step so far, that is, to stop the strong, steep, exponential increase of infections and we are now stable, but our numbers are still very, very high.

Steffen Seibert

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Until the pandemic hit this year, this administration stopped those declines and had even begun to reverse them. Stopping such a steep and rapid decline is significant in itself and shouldnt be overlooked, this administration has worked to address eight years of regulatory overreach to level the playing field not just for coal but a variety of industries. The result has been a return of competition in the energy industry although we still have a long way to go thanks to outsized subsidies for renewables.

Conor Bernstein

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

March slowed down, and in April, suddenly it was like 40 % of our sales just stopped, and we thought,' How steep is this ride going to be ?'.

Spencer Williams

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We've got extremely steep, rugged terrain, we have many different drainages that are all kind of intersecting together and that creates these funneling effects of different wind patterns and creates more erratic fire behavior.

Lisa Cox

Found on CNN
3 years ago

One( reason) is this steep acceleration, we're approaching( Fauci's) apocalyptic prediction of 100,000 cases a day.

Peter Hotez

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The terrain below where Bunker went missing is near the location of the Liberty Ridge tragedy that claimed the lives of six climbers in 2014. It is very steep, terminates in cliffs, and is known for frequent avalanches and active rockfall, this, combined with the broken surface of the Carbon Glacier, will prevent the deployment of ground teams in this search.

National Park Service

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It's going to be a steep learning curve but... we have no choice.

Rosli Sulaiman

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

All of it presents a challenge, we knew the challenges were steep, but we never could have envisioned anything like this.

Christy Smith

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Businesses and restaurateurs have seen a steep decline in their patronage, we only have one case of the coronavirus here in LA.

Manjusha Kulkarni

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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