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nadir

[ney-der, ney-deer] / ˈneɪ dər, ˈneɪ dɪər /


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But share prices never fully recovered, and then hit a nadir during Covid when the economy tanked.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Standardized test scores have trended upward since the nadir of the COVID-19 pandemic, recovering faster than the state average, but the pace remains too incremental for critics.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

For investors hoping that this year’s stock-market pullback has already reached its nadir, BTIG’s Jonathan Krinsky has some bad news.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Borthwick's England are now facing their own nadir - the possibility of four defeats in the same Five or Six Nations for the first time since 1976, and the likelihood of matching Jones' fifth-place finish.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Consider, too, the Dobynsesque procedure for recovering original population numbers: applying an assumed death rate, usually 95 percent, to the observed population nadir.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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