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[bot-uhm] / ˈbɒt əm /






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“The bottom line is that business investment outlays remain robust, powered in large part by the AI buildout,” said Stephen Stanley, chief U.S. economist at Santander Capital Markets.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

"You don't want to join a race to the bottom," she says.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

That, and sitting in salt rooms and mud baths or gazing at the bottom of our stand mixer’s bowl.

From Salon Jul. 26, 2026

Its lifestyle segments have higher margins, so this shift has been great for Asics’s bottom line.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The top line says ‘Hans Van d B, Ingrid Van d B’, the bottom ‘Markus’.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

And the bottoms are often rounded, increasing your chances of slipping as you get in or out.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 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

It shows him coming down several flights of stairs, wearing tracksuit bottoms and no shoes or top.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

The storm had raised Cain in the thick timber of the river bottoms.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

October is often a month of severe declines, but is also known as the “bear killer” because the market has bottomed in October many times as well — halting those severe declines.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 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

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

The stock bottomed out and subsequently doubled after the loss was baked into predictions.

From The Wall Street Journal May 17, 2026

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

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

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

Historically, downturns then extend to the broader economy, creating a recession, which eventually leads to equities and credit bottoming.

From MarketWatch May 27, 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

June of that year recorded a bearish dark cloud cover candle, and from there, the price was chopped in half, ultimately bottoming in the mid $50s early last year.

From Barron's Apr. 27, 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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