How to Use bottom-line in a Sentence
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Chatter is good and all, but this is a bottom-line business.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 27 Nov. 2025
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Top- and bottom-line misses, and a cut to its full-year outlook for same-store sales.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026
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Top- and bottom-line results in the third quarter also beat the Street.
—Davis Giangiulio,lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 1 May 2026
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The outlook overshadowed top- and bottom-line beats in the fourth quarter.
—Sean Conlon,hakyung Kim, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2025
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Regardless of how the final score looks, the Broncos get the bottom-line job done.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2025
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Trump himself has learned some of that same bottom-line pragmatism where the party is concerned.
—Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
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More than anything, the bottom-line dilemma stems from rising costs on several fronts.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
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Top- and bottom-line beats and really rosy guidance for the current quarter.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
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Boise’s tax bill First, here are the bottom-line impacts, for the district and for taxpayers.
—Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman, 10 Sep. 2025
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What’s your bottom-line advice for families who want to help their children eat more fruits and vegetables?
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
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Amazon projects low double-digit sales growth over the next three years, with its bottom-line profits expected to grow even faster.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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The bottom-line concern, then, about AGI going down is that people will lose their minds.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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This shifts the spend from an optional line item to a critical bottom-line optimizer.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
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The bottom-line is that California has a housing shortage.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 27 Jan. 2026
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Top- and bottom-line results in the fourth quarter also topped expectations.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026
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On Wednesday, the chipmaker will reveal its top- and bottom-line results for the third quarter.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2025
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Wells Fargo Wells Fargo posted a top- and bottom-line beat for the third quarter.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
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Time will tell just how much the initiative accelerates Nvidia's bottom-line growth this year, next year, and beyond.
—CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
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The stock move overshadowed the company’s top-and-bottom-line beat and stronger-than-expected guidance.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
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Yet more than 80% still report no material bottom-line impact.
—Varun Milind Kulkarni, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Both top- and bottom-line metrics beat Wall Street expectations.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 22 July 2026
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Shares dipped more than 2% after the airline's second-quarter earnings beat top- and bottom-line estimates.
—Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 10 July 2026
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Internal use cases are golden paths to learning as well as making immediate bottom-line gains.
—Agur Jõgi, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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The retailer delivered a top- and bottom-line beat, driven by membership fee growth, higher net sales, and healthy profits.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
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Sony Music delivered steady top-line and bottom-line expansion in Q1.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
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Top- and bottom-line results beat estimates in the fiscal second quarter , but the big Azure unit didn't do well enough to impress investors.
—Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
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Mitchell said public safety is a bottom-line issue for residents and a reason why people decide to even migrate to Charlotte in the first place.
—Zaire Breedlove, Charlotte Observer, 19 June 2026
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That single-minded focus on results to the exclusion of everything else is called a bottom-line mentality.
—Dr. Samantha Madhosingh, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
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That’s how Visa arrived at its $36 trillion bottom-line inheritance figure.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
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The stock slipped more than 3% despite the company beating top- and bottom-line estimates in its second-quarter earnings report.
—Sean Conlon,lee Ying Shan,sarah Min, CNBC, 9 July 2026
- He's always got his eye on the bottom line.
- How will these changes affect our bottom line?
- A student with special needs can stress a school's budget, but the bottom line is that the state must provide for the child's education.
- If our flight is late, we will miss our connection. That's the bottom line.
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Nvidia beats on top and bottom lines.
—Jenni Reid, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
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That could be bad for the bottom line.
—Vivek Astvansh, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
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That's the bottom line right now.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
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That’s the bottom line right now.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
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That’s the bottom line with new regimes.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
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The bottom line is, no one wins in a strike.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 18 May 2026
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The bottom line is, that’s how bad teams play.
—Omar Kelly updated October 14, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
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The bottom line is keep your head up all the way around.
—Denny Alfonso, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
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But John loved her, and that’s the bottom line.
—Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 27 Feb. 2026
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Okta beat on the top and bottom lines.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 29 May 2026
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The bottom line is that things have gotten worse.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 8 Mar. 2026
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Some want the bottom line; others need time to process.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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The bottom line, of course, is the bottom line.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
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The bottom line is the bottom line.
—Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 16 Apr. 2026
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Work for more than the bottom line — find what fuels your fire.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2022
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People are scared, at the bottom line.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
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The bottom line remains harsh, of course.
—Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
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The bottom line is the Irish don't lose big-time games at their place.
—Keith Jenkins, The Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2021
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James’ activism didn’t hurt his bottom line.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 9 June 2026
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The outlet’s bottom line is clear.
—Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026
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The bottom line is that the Tigers don’t defend well.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 2 June 2026
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The bottom line is, my husband is a selfish old man.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
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But bottom line is the court is still the same dimension.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2025
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The bottom line is that none of this is worth applauding.
—John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2026
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The bottom line is that instant grades on drafts is folly.
—Greg Cote april 26, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
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The bottom line is that when Young speaks, the world listens.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 27 Jan. 2022
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