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[bot-uhm] / ˈbɒt əm /






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Despite Anderson's wickets, the club finished second bottom in Division Two of the County Championship.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

On the bottom line, Caterpillar performed better than expected, as profits jumped 42.9% to $3.29 billion, and adjusted earnings per share of $7.20 topped expectations of $7.06.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

But China has increased its oil imports since hitting a bottom in June.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The company had already reported a strong rise in its bottom line in the preceding two quarters, similarly driven by soaring oil and gas prices as well as its trading activities.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

We turn onto Overlook Drive, and as soon as we reach the bottom of the hill, I say, “Go!” and take off too fast.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

The researchers compared several groove shapes, including narrow channels with square profiles and longer channels with curved bottoms.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The indicator’s theoretical rationale is that households are late to jump on the market’s bandwagon, and are therefore most bullish at or near tops and most bearish at or near bottoms.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

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

From far out in the bottoms, we heard a loud commotion.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

That year, gold bottomed by October and gold prices then climbed by more than 250% over the next three years, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

“The company’s fundamentals haven’t yet bottomed out, and near-term catalysts are not apparent,” Deutsche Bank said ahead of the earnings release.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Using that method, gold should have peaked at $6,400 and bottomed at $3,700, he finds.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 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

It hadn’t bottomed out yet, but it was heading that way.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

It fell another 36.8% before bottoming at $58,548.13 on June 30.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

That was the highest ratio since 2007, after which they were underfunded for 16 years straight, bottoming at about 77% funded in 2012.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

It was dry too, he said, with relative humidity bottoming out at 12% that day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 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

“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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