trough

Example Sentences

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Since the Middle East conflict started, the S&P 500’s drop to its trough was 7.9%, the head of Research notes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

But its pullback follows an astonishing gain of more than 135% from its Liberation Day trough to its February peak, adding around $2.3 trillion in market value along the way.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

In turn, he stopped short of calling a price trough, as “gold is continuing to see competition from buy and sell pressures.”

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

“If the 2022 road map is any guide, equity markets and cyclical currencies will trough only after confirming that the peak in energy prices is in the rearview mirror,” said the pair.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

I made it to the blessed urinal, which was really just a long, waist-high sheet of tin screwed to the wall with a trough sort of thing below it.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx