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[bot-uhm] / ˈbɒt əm /






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The bottom line is, I wasn’t here when the city needed me.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2026

After planning for an attendance of 60,000, Wembley was about half full at 46,523, with some ticketholders moved to the bottom tier to keep the top tier empty.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

Truist’s bottom line is that the weight of the evidence supports staying aligned with the longer-term market uptrend.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

Surveys about main concerns across 39 African countries place climate near the bottom.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

It got kind of exhausting to tread water or balance on tiptoes while the rest of them planted their feet on the bottom.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

This is not an addiction drama of vicious rock bottoms and wild misbehavior.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

It's "bottoms down" for the Daily Star, as it says Westminster City Council is "touting a 'no standing' plan" in pubs.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Return the pastries to the oven for 3 to 5 minutes, until the bottoms of the wells feel firm and no longer look raw.

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

“I’m going down in the bottoms and see about the monkeys,” I said.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

KKR sold private-equity investments to boost profits, while Blue Owl said investor withdrawals had bottomed out.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 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

Big picture: The labor market bottomed out at the end of 2025, but companies aren’t rushing to create new jobs.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 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 car practically bottomed out in a pothole that was more of a crevasse.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

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

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

The daily chart shows signs of firm bottoming.

From Barron's May 6, 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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