bottommost

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The bottommost layers are likely where the finest sediments accumulated—a perfect hunting ground for signs of past life.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 9, 2022

Each chamber is chilled to a temperature significantly colder than the one above it; the bottommost layer is a frigid 15 millikelvins, nearly 200 times as cold as the depths of outer space.

From Scientific American • Oct. 24, 2019

We discover our innermost — and bottommost selves — only when someone else opens the basement door.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 26, 2017

Edward the Wide stopped bothering with the bottommost closures of his jacket and his vest in order to accommodate his imperial weight more comfortably.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2013

Soon they entered an archway of low-hanging oaks, the bottommost branches consumed by soft stalactites of moss.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy