as in essence
the central part or aspect of something under consideration
why don't we stop talking around it and get to the bottom line
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Recent Examples of bottom line
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Learning less is more, and more effective ways to hit the bottom line with these artists.
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Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
17 June 2026
Kathryn Hopkins,
Footwear News,
11 June 2026
The growth of Optum Health, which has deepened its push to acquire physician groups and clinics, is one catalyst that could bolster that bottom-line growth, Fischbeck noted.
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Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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Noun
The bottom line Unpaid medical debt won't follow the surviving family members after the person has died.
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Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Learning less is more, and more effective ways to hit the bottom line with these artists.
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Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
17 June 2026
Adjective
De Marffy will directly manage the Kilian Paris and Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle businesses in the region, with responsibility for driving top- and bottom-line growth, strengthening local relevance and building long-term brand equity strategies.
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Kathryn Hopkins,
Footwear News,
11 June 2026
The growth of Optum Health, which has deepened its push to acquire physician groups and clinics, is one catalyst that could bolster that bottom-line growth, Fischbeck noted.
—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bottom line
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The solution is to realize the importance of being rooted in the divine essence of God that has been given to everyone.
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In essence, Star Fox is the video game version of Alien or Terminator.
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Following the logical evidence feels like Detective 101, but their boss is gunning for an arrest so Gonzales gives in to Baxter’s impulse.
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Under this framework, participating engineering teams must successfully demonstrate operational quantum hardware that utilizes a specific range of low-hundreds logical qubits before the 2028 deadline.
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Aniston, on the other hand, leaned into the shoe's casual roots, wearing hers with jeans and a tank top for a relaxed look that felt quintessentially summer.
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The dynamic Sun in your 9th House of Exploration quincunxes powerful Pluto in your 4th House of Home, so growth calls while roots demand attention.
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Ray advises Anna to let the police handle the situation, which confirms him as the most rational character on the show and thus the only threat that Cady seems to recognize.
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Research from the LinkedIn B2B Institute, conducted with Les Binet and Peter Field, found that emotional B2B campaigns deliver roughly seven times the long-term effectiveness of rational ones.
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Others develop dangerous fluctuations in blood pressure and abnormal heart rhythms because the autonomic nervous system becomes affected.
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Let heart guide tone, and your message lands.
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The Problems Do Not Go Away McGee is refreshingly unsentimental about what building a business over a decade actually looks like.
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Paradoxically, maintaining a consistent edge requires constant, unsentimental internal change—of processes, technology, and people.
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Reflective, multilayer shields will block the most heat, and ones with a thicker foam core will work much better than thin ones.
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Sperm production works best at a temperature slightly cooler than core body temperature.
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Gorgeous cinematography and a very unromantic portrayal of the grueling life of a secret agent make this a solid watch.
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This idea was supposed to be the kind of thing that could convince even the most unromantic skeptics that space exploration was not only spiritually fulfilling, but economically advantageous.
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