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[bot-uhm] / ˈbɒt əm /






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It’s no secret that we’re kind of in a content race to the bottom right now.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026

But video, audio, sensor and radar data and more are recorded in Delta in a decentralized way—and from top to bottom in the military chain, users can see the underlying proof.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

And with two out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the fourth inning, he appeared to have walked again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

We were struggling at the bottom of the league when I came in and needed a direction on the pitch that would bring better results.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Ragginold let out a slow breath that smelled like the soggy bottom of a pond.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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

And the bottoms are often rounded, increasing your chances of slipping as you get in or out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Carefully remove the ramekins and return the pastries to the oven just until the bottoms of the wells are firm enough to hold an egg.

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

Down in the river bottoms, an old hooty owl started singing his hoot-owl song to the silent night.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Meanwhile, mortgage rates, which bottomed out around 2.5% back then, are above 6.5%.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

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 first case I passed contained objects with hidden compartments in which inmates had stashed things—a false- bottomed Coke can, a hollow-heeled shoe, and a hollow-handled hairbrush.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

After that appearance, prices fell another 6% before bottoming about a month later.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

He said it reminds him of 2008, when gold initially sold off with equities before bottoming in November 2008 — and it “hasn’t looked back since.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 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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