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bottom

[bot-uhm] / ˈbɒt əm /






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Tirtha Dhar, a marketing professor who studies consumer choice at the University of Guelph in Canada, says cold drinks have become a "sweet spot" for Starbucks' bottom line.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Here’s a breakdown of the top-five-earning bachelor degrees, the middle five and the bottom five:

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Adding to the worries about his bottom line is the existential threat that poor prices will discourage growers from replanting pine.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Tarp sales have been brisk, with the Three Rivers Mercantile store at the bottom of the mountain reporting 60 sold this season.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

But when we got it out of the box, something else was wedged in the bottom.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

This is not an addiction drama of vicious rock bottoms and wild misbehavior.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The school has decided to get rid of its branded blazer, the branded pinafore, branded shorts and PE jogging bottoms.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Return the pastries to the oven for 3 to 5 minutes, until the bottoms of the wells feel firm and no longer look raw.

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 studies the stickers on the bottoms of the bottles.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

“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

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

Big picture: The labor market bottomed out at the end of 2025, but companies aren’t rushing to create new jobs.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 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 rush of wind made Roy’s eyes water as the flat- bottomed boat whisked across the sawgrass flats and weaved through the narrow winding creeks.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

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

“As this correction matures, the transfer of supply from long-term holders to newer hands at discounted prices remains a necessary part of the bottoming process,” says the firm in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

June of that year recorded a bearish dark cloud cover candle, and from there, the price was chopped in half, ultimately bottoming in the mid $50s early last year.

From Barron's Apr. 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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