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nadir

[ney-der, ney-deer] / ˈneɪ dər, ˈneɪ dɪər /


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But share prices never fully recovered, and then hit a nadir during Covid when the economy tanked.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Still, it’s true that when the series was at its nadir, so few vibrant horror films were being made that it was stuck lampooning the now-forgotten Jessica Chastain chiller “Mama.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

For investors hoping that this year’s stock-market pullback has already reached its nadir, BTIG’s Jonathan Krinsky has some bad news.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Turnout has ticked upward from its nadir in the 1990s, but around one in every three Americans never vote in presidential elections.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026

Consider, too, the Dobynsesque procedure for recovering original population numbers: applying an assumed death rate, usually 95 percent, to the observed population nadir.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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