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[bot-uhm] / ˈbɒt əm /






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The insights learned at the bottom helped them lead when an opportunity arose.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Ultrasound, however, repeatedly ranked near the bottom of the treatment comparisons.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

"This is a very sad situation; our hearts go out to everyone involved. We hope we can get to the bottom of what's gone on as soon as possible," he added.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

The bottom line is that interest payments on popular high-yield savings accounts aren’t offering as much after-inflation return as they did at the start of 2026.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

Celia sets her stopwatch, and we start jogging as soon as we reach the bottom of our front steps.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

The school has decided to get rid of its branded blazer, the branded pinafore, branded shorts and PE jogging bottoms.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Carefully remove the ramekins and return the pastries to the oven just until the bottoms of the wells are firm enough to hold an egg.

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

Jeans remain the core of Levi’s business, and skinny, slim, bootcut and straight fits still make up the bulk of its bottoms segment.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

I just knew they had gone back to the river bottoms.

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

Berg highlighted Korean equities and semiconductor stocks in general, as having bottomed and showing upside potential.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 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

The stock is down 13% this year but has rallied 41% since it bottomed after reporting fiscal 2025 fourth quarter earnings in late March.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

The British finally made a move toward the end of August, rowing half their army across to the Long Island in flat- bottomed boats.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

“In wealth, we believe we have seen a bottoming of evergreen inflows in the May 1st close,” Lipshultz said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

He said it reminds him of 2008, when gold initially sold off with equities before bottoming in November 2008 — and it “hasn’t looked back since.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 10, 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

“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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