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
Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Boise’s tax bill First, here are the bottom-line impacts, for the district and for taxpayers.
—Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman, 10 Sep. 2025
Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
To put more of a user-measurable bottom line to it, Hypershell points to testing that the X Ultra can lower heart rate by up to 22% while walking and 42% while cycling.
—New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Widespread criticism of the Kimmel suspension even led people to cancel their Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions, although the bottom-line impact of the grassroots boycott is unclear.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Boise’s tax bill First, here are the bottom-line impacts, for the district and for taxpayers.
—Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Flying on Mondays through Wednesdays can also help the bottom line since those days are about 13 percent cheaper than the weekends.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
To put more of a user-measurable bottom line to it, Hypershell points to testing that the X Ultra can lower heart rate by up to 22% while walking and 42% while cycling.
—New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bottom-line
Noun
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The essence of impartial justice is treating like conduct alike—not identifying the target and then finding the crime.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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The essence of Bessent’s bet is that, with US financial muscle behind him, Milei can win them.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Daniel Jones’ success is becoming less of a novelty and more of a logical endpoint in Shane Steichen’s rhythmic system.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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In Doctorow’s reading of 21st century tech, AI is the trend's logical, dangerous endpoint.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Although his own roots are Baptist, the North Little Rock native is no stranger to the Methodist hymnal.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Oct. 2025
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That legacy hasn’t faded, but the region feels freshly alive these days as chefs, artists, and creative entrepreneurs put down roots.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Because we are trained to constantly analyze facts and then take a rational decision based on facts.—
Ayesha Javed,
Time,
12 Oct. 2025
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Reducing disclosures and transparency means choking off the lifeblood, which keeps investors informed and prices rational.—
Richard Torrenzano,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Startups are advertising ‘AI employees’ and the likes of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz are talking of AI ‘productizing and unbundling’ the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector that executes the core functions of corporations around the globe.—
Adam Gale,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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Why This Refurbished Powerhouse Is Worth It The Surface Book 3 combines an elegant aluminum body with a 15-inch PixelSense touch screen, backed by a quad-core 10th Gen Intel Core i7 processor and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 graphics.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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That father is Mahmood Mamdani, a political scientist known for his stringent and unsentimental view of African politics.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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There’s an audience for this film, for those who like their romances unsentimental and spare, politically conscious without overheaping the messaging.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Your Heart Rate and Blood Pressure May Rise Green tea supports heart health, but may temporarily raise heart rate and blood pressure due to its caffeine content.—
Regina Windsor,
Verywell Health,
8 Oct. 2025
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These are lessons that leaders should take to heart and employ much more today.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Darcy goes running after Elizabeth in the rain…and then proposes to her in quite a clumsy and unromantic way?—
Marley Marius,
Vogue,
25 Mar. 2025
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Unforgiven recasts the genre as a pitiless, almost pathologically unromantic realm populated by twits hoping to make their name and aged gunslingers who have to make peace with their bad pasts.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Bottom-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottom-line. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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