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[bot-uhm] / ˈbɒt əm /






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For the first three weeks following its high that month, this index was relatively flat — and only thereafter did the bottom drop out in a big way.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Overall, we expect the strong set of results including the top and bottom line beat to be well received and expect the shares to outperform by at least 2-3%” on Friday, the bank says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

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

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

I do think things will turn for Oliver Glasner's side eventually but they are in the bottom three and he is desperate for a win.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

To reach it we had to stand on the bottom level, haul ourselves up, and then crawl across three other straw-covered platforms to reach the one that we would share with—how many?

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Bull-market tops are not the mirror opposite of bear-market bottoms.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

But it is also about culture—hence “Winning Works,” which is intended to put fresher bottoms into seats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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

Calling to Rowdy, I picked up my net and headed for the bottoms as fast as I could trot.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

This ratio bottomed out at the end of July but built up again in August and September.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 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

Berg highlighted Korean equities and semiconductor stocks in general, as having bottomed and showing upside potential.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 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

At the top of the mountain, the road dropped precipitously and swung back and forth until it bottomed out into a long, narrow valley.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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

“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

Since bottoming on April 10, MongoDB stock has advanced 44%.

From Barron's ● May 28, 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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