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[bot-uhm] / ˈbɒt əm /






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Nevertheless, the bottom half’s share of total wealth, at an average of about $63,000 a household, comes to just 2.3% of the nation’s total wealth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

"We have initially checked the places that the students had mentioned, but we will get to the bottom of this."

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Mejia said he is aware of LA28’s assurances that robust ticket and sponsorship sales will ensure a healthy bottom line.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

The Octobers of those three years, of course, include the two with the worst crashes in U.S. history as well as one when the bottom dropped out of the market during the global financial crisis.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

He offers the bottom plank from the cedar chest that held our clothes and Bible.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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

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

She grabbed my legs in a bear hug and started tickling the bottoms of my feet.

From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli

“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

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

A painful screech of metal on cement raked our ears as the chassis bottomed out.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

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

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

Historically, downturns then extend to the broader economy, creating a recession, which eventually leads to equities and credit bottoming.

From MarketWatch ● May 27, 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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