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  • adjective superlative form of steep: most steep. Being steep to the greatest degree.

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Examples

  • The track, about 1,500 yards long for men's luge races, has slopes as steep as 20 degrees and a vertical drop of 498 feet, which the promotional material called the steepest of the world's 15 international competition sliding venues.

    Death Casts Pall Over Olympics Adam Thompson 2010

  • The track, about 1,500 yards long for men's luge races, has slopes as steep as 20 degrees and a vertical drop of 498 feet, which the promotional material called the steepest of the world's 15 international competition sliding venues.

    Death Casts Pall Over Olympics Adam Thompson 2010

  • The track, about 1,500 yards long for men's luge races, has slopes as steep as 20 degrees and a vertical drop of 498 feet, which the promotional material called the steepest of the world's 15 international competition sliding venues.

    Death Casts Pall Over Olympics Adam Thompson 2010

  • The longest slide was 450 meters, and the steepest was a 20 percent grade.

    redding.com Stories 2010

  • • The International Monetary Fund predicted that Britain's recession will be the 'steepest' of leading Western economies;

    This is Money | Home 2008

  • Researchers at the Zoological Society of London ZSL and the University of Cambridge studied animal population changes at 78 protected areas across Africa and found the steepest falls in west Africa, where up to 85% of wildlife had been lost in the last 35 years, and in east Africa, where nearly half of all wildlife has disappeared.

    Africa's declining wildlife 2011

  • The drugs that raced through my bloodstream have worn off, and this feels like the steepest and darkest comedown yet.

    Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

  • This come-down feels like the steepest and darkest yet . . .

    Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

  • CBS drew some of the steepest price increases among the major broadcast networks, around 13% to 15% more than last year's prices per 1,000 viewers, while NBC drew some of the smallest, in the 9% range above last year, ad buyers and network executives said.

    'Upfront' Ad Market Concludes, With Prices Up Sharply Sam Schechner 2011

  • Researchers at the Zoological Society of London ZSL and the University of Cambridge studied animal population changes at 78 protected areas across Africa and found the steepest falls in west Africa, where up to 85% of wildlife had been lost in the last 35 years, and in east Africa, where nearly half of all wildlife has disappeared.

    Africa's declining wildlife 2011

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