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[bot-uhm] / ˈbɒt əm /






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The bottom line: If you’re planning to hand out candy this Halloween, you’ll be paying more — no matter how big your chocolate bars are.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

The Robins finished fourth bottom of the second tier in 1994-95 but were relegated because of the rebalancing of the divisions to reduce the Premier League to 20 teams.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

But China has increased its oil imports since hitting a bottom in June.

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

She had to scrape the bottom for them.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Bull-market tops are not the mirror opposite of bear-market bottoms.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 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

All the way through the bottoms to the river bank.

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

Chip stocks may not have bottomed, but it’s close.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 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 British finally made a move toward the end of August, rowing half their army across to the Long Island in flat- bottomed boats.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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

“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

“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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