- plural of trough.
troughs
Example Sentences
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Mexican government forecasters say troughs - small-scale low pressure features - are expected in the middle and upper layers of the atmosphere over central parts of Mexico on Sunday, making the atmosphere very unstable.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
At the troughs of this structure, there were notable bullish reactions, including a harami in September 2024 and a bullish engulfing candle in April 2025, both of which previously triggered strong upside moves.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
If the war is mercifully short and risk appetite troughs in March, as Hartnett and team expect, then the bid for what he refers to as the inflation boom beneficiaries should reassert itself.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026
“The tips of the waves are called ridges and the bottoms of the waves are called troughs, and so the atmosphere flows just like water.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
Watching him carefully sprinkling them into the troughs he'd made, I realized that I didn't know anything about growing food and that he knew everything.
From "Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman
