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How to use the word precipitated in a Sentence?

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The structural changes being made by the exchange have precipitated a need for us to adjust our staffing levels.

Kevin Tuohy

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

I feel like sh-t as a leader and a journalist not answering questions that I’d haveSarah Huckabee Sandersanswer, the cryptic Times memohas driven speculation inside the newsroom over what precipitated the investigation. And the lack of transparency is also striking given the Times has aggressively covered workplace matters.

Dean Baquet

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Hiccups can be precipitated by a lot of factors, including various stresses, and so can atrial fibrillation. It’s possible that whatever set off one set off the other, but they are not necessarily directly related.

Philip Nimoityn

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

This is a concern that we raised with the Saudis in advance, and unfortunately, the concerns that we expressed to the Saudis have precipitated the kinds of consequences that we were concerned about.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We'd like to find a motive. There's no reason that any of us are ever going to understand to wipe an entire family. We have absolutely no clue at this point what precipitated it.

Duane Piper

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

We have mutually agreed with Scott that it would be in the best interest of IHS to end our relationship, this careful and deliberated decision was not precipitated by any business issues, but was personal in nature.

Chairman Jerre Stead as CEO

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The detectives are still trying to find out what happened, a lot of people were involved, a lot of moving parts. Obviously, it’s a large scene. We’re trying to figure out what precipitated the argument, who shot our deceased victim, how did people get wounded. We also want to know if there’s another guy out there.

Anthony Bertagna

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy.

James Russell Lowell

added by anonymous
9 years ago

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