bottom out
phrasal verb
bottomed out; bottoming out; bottoms out
: to reach a lowest or worst point usually before beginning to rise or improve
Real estate prices seem to have bottomed out, and sellers can expect to get higher prices in coming months.
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The stock is up more than sixfold since bottoming out at 51 cents in June, a price that put the company at risk of being delisted from the Nasdaq.
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Ari Levy, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2025
Things bottomed out in 2023, which was Keller’s last season before reaching free agency.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2025
Relative humidity values this afternoon are between 30 and 40 percent and will likely bottom out in the upper 20s and low 30 percent ranges.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2025
Likewise, the price of post-war residential apartments fell by just 0.7% in 2024, indicating that values might have bottomed out.
—Andreas Schweitzer, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
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Ari Levy, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2025
Things bottomed out in 2023, which was Keller’s last season before reaching free agency.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2025
Relative humidity values this afternoon are between 30 and 40 percent and will likely bottom out in the upper 20s and low 30 percent ranges.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2025
Likewise, the price of post-war residential apartments fell by just 0.7% in 2024, indicating that values might have bottomed out.
—Andreas Schweitzer, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
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“Bottom out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottom%20out. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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