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[bot-uhm] / ˈbɒt əm /






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The effect relies on the same basic behavior that can cause the bottom edge of a cut T-shirt to curl upward.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

The company’s loyal tea drinkers are emailing executives and signing petitions in a desperate bid to bring back the old recipe—and get to the bottom of the “Great Chai Incident of 2026.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

The Dodgers could only get one run in the bottom of the 10th.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

The bottom line is that everyone seems to want to own VIX, as they expect a market downturn and a spurt in volatility.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

To my horror, I heard someone rushing back up from the bottom of the stairs.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

The indicator’s theoretical rationale is that households are late to jump on the market’s bandwagon, and are therefore most bullish at or near tops and most bearish at or near bottoms.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

Return the pastries to the oven for 3 to 5 minutes, until the bottoms of the wells feel firm and no longer look raw.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

The setting sun illuminates the bottoms of those clouds and creates the beautiful sunsets.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

He removed blood-stained jogging bottoms and threw them over a wall.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

She already believed that the bottoms were full of things that could gobble me up.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

“The company’s fundamentals haven’t yet bottomed out, and near-term catalysts are not apparent,” Deutsche Bank said ahead of the earnings release.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

A handy defence, given that the song bottomed out at number 29 in the UK singles chart, but it's also an essential recalibration.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Big picture: The labor market bottomed out at the end of 2025, but companies aren’t rushing to create new jobs.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

Musselman didn’t exactly deliver on that investment during the 2024-25 season, as USC bottomed out during its first Big Ten men’s basketball slate.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

A painful screech of metal on cement raked our ears as the chassis bottomed out.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

It was dry too, he said, with relative humidity bottoming out at 12% that day.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

“As this correction matures, the transfer of supply from long-term holders to newer hands at discounted prices remains a necessary part of the bottoming process,” says the firm in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

China will also release its latest housing price index on Monday, with investors looking for any further signs of property prices bottoming out.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

The S&P 500 has advanced more than 11.5% since bottoming out on March 30, recording record highs over three of the last five sessions and extending its advance this year to around 4.1%.

From Barron's Apr. 20, 2026

“Everything’s fine, Mom,” I said, my stomach bottoming out: We were about to have a family argument right here in front of God and everybody.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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