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nadir

noun as in lowest point

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The nadir of a year riddled with uncertainty, stress and tumult might arrive in early November, when an unusual presidential contest spurs a multistate fight over absentee ballots and confirmed results.

At their nadir in April, total hours worked were 16% lower than January in both countries.

From Quartz

Raniere represents a true nadir of sociopathy, and there is no moral equivalency between his worst crimes and short-con financial grifters.

From Fortune

Yet its trade position has also fueled the nation’s currency, which soared almost 30% from a nadir in March.

From Fortune

Tech stocks’ huge share of the index is both a result of and an explanation for the S&P 500’s rebound of more than 50% since its nadir during March’s historic, coronavirus-induced correction.

From Fortune

Plus, this sorry excuse for a show represents a sort of cultural nadir when it comes to reality television.

The stock market has gone nuts, more than doubling since its March 2009 nadir.

Worse even than what I consider his nadir thus far, the 2011 debt-ceiling fiasco.

At its nadir, on September 4, 2012, Facebook closed below $18.

The debt debacle of 2011 was far and away the nadir of his first term.

It is made famous through its connection with an act of cruelty on the part of Sheikh Nadir.

She was a daughter of the House of Nadir Shah, burning with the traditional ambitions of her family.

Ingulfus mentions at the same time a nadir, as he calls it, or planetarium, executed in various metals.

Infinity lay between the end of December and the end of January; in a month his spirits had risen from nadir to zenith.

Life becomes awful by its reaches: its span from zenith to nadir, by moral parallax.

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On this page you'll find 20 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to nadir, such as: rock bottom, base, bottom, floor, all-time low, and low point.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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