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[bot-uhm] / ˈbɒt əm /






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It's the battle of the bottom two... and I think Sunderland will win it.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

On the bottom line, Caterpillar performed better than expected, as profits jumped 42.9% to $3.29 billion, and adjusted earnings per share of $7.20 topped expectations of $7.06.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

The bank’s quarterly profit declined, with integration charges linked to its recent acquisitions weighing on its bottom line.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The company had already reported a strong rise in its bottom line in the preceding two quarters, similarly driven by soaring oil and gas prices as well as its trading activities.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

At the bottom of the pass, just as I skimmed out of a grove of spruce trees, I saw something strange on the trail.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

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

The fishermen in Zmeyreka affixed little knives to the bottoms of their boats to keep the vodyaniye away.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

The bearish trend may have lost momentum, “but there is no compelling evidence that the metal has bottomed out yet,” Fawad Razaqzada of Forex.com says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

Using that method, gold should have peaked at $6,400 and bottomed at $3,700, he finds.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 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

The car practically bottomed out in a pothole that was more of a crevasse.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

Its value peaked near $200 billion in 2021, then collapsed along with vaccine sales, bottoming at about $10 billion last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 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

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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