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- verb Present participle of
precipitate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective bringing on suddenly or abruptly
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Business school discourse today has a new set of topical lessons, emphasizing the roles played by MBAs in precipitating the global recession and creating financial products that benefited corporations but hurt consumers.
Economic crisis leads business schools to meld ethics into MBA 2010
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Business school discourse today has a new set of topical lessons, emphasizing the roles played by MBAs in precipitating the global ...
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Business school discourse today has a new set of topical lessons, emphasizing the roles played by MBAs in precipitating the global ...
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To be fair, while cash may be the main precipitating factor behind the shifts, it's not the only one.
'Friday Night Lights' tackles Season 4 changes, and scores 2009
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It was Ronald Reagan who made a fateful turn to the military, choosing Col. Robert "Bud" McFarlane, followed by Vice Adm. John Poindexter, to head the National Security Council – - where they played a key role in precipitating the Iran-Contra crisis.
Dangers of a politicized military Steven E. Levingston 2010
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What does that have to do with anything, especially when he goes on to omit the Georgians role in precipitating the (admittedly disproportionate) aggression. — jmz4
Lieberman: Obama Has Not Always Put Country First - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Corday's assassination of Marat was instrumental in precipitating the violent reaction of the Jacobin government against women, including Jacobin women.
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Or were these parties innocent and old David Moore the one motive power in precipitating a tragedy, the result of which had been to enrich him and impoverish them?
The Filigree Ball 1903
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It is as summons that we see expression precipitating transcendence.
Emmanuel Levinas Bergo, Bettina 2007
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Even if the debris impact is identified as the precipitating cause of the wing breach, just how it did so remains unclear.
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