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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as in logical
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Recent Examples of bottom line
Bobby Allyn, NPR, 15 Apr. 2025
The bottom line: Uncle Sam's collection hat ruined the dream.
—Jason Clayworth, Axios, 14 Apr. 2025
The bottom line is that our Country will be bigger, better, and stronger than ever before.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
The bottom line is that nearly four years into this new normal in college football, NFL teams are still trying to master a transfer landscape that isn’t going away.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, was testifying in an antitrust case brought by the FTC alleging Meta gobbled up rivals as a way to preserve its power and pad its bottom line.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 15 Apr. 2025
The bottom line: Uncle Sam's collection hat ruined the dream.
—Jason Clayworth, Axios, 14 Apr. 2025
The bottom line is that our Country will be bigger, better, and stronger than ever before.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
The bottom line is that nearly four years into this new normal in college football, NFL teams are still trying to master a transfer landscape that isn’t going away.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bottom line
Noun
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Pretty much, Orji’s focus for the live format isn’t to recreate what’s been done before, but making the experience her own while staying true to the essence of the show.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Accompanied by sweeping string arrangements and powerful blaring horns, the song encapsulates the essence of modern mariachi while staying rooted in its timeless traditions.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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That makes for a logical disconnect, and palpable hypocrisy.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Apr. 2025
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The logical conclusion is for the US to convert its gold holdings into bitcoin.—
Korok Ray,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Medications and lifestyle changes that address the root cause may help ease a dry cough, including: GERD and acid reflux: Medications like proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and H2 blockers help reduce the amount of acid your stomach produces.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
27 Apr. 2025
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But a personal encounter with veganism pulled her back to her culinary roots — this time with a mission.—
Sierra Knoch,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The economic idea that people are purely rational, self-serving beings has been undermined by broad research over decades into psychology and behavioral economics.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Listening to constituents, stakeholders, and community input to make our voices heard at the Council while balancing competing interests of other council members to bring rational discussion and mutual understanding to move ALL of Fort Worth Forward.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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While Republicans broadly support the core tax cut proposals Trump has championed, some have raised concerns about the overall fiscal impact of the package, which by some estimates could add around $5 trillion to the national debt in the next decade.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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Trump has hit multiple records for his first 100 days in office, but the rapidity of his actions also highlights the fragility of relying on presidential action to cement core policies.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The piece concerns political intrigue in 1682, but this performance features a blunt, vernacular new translation of the libretto; a staging of skin-crawling immediacy; and a fierce, unsentimental reading of the score.—
Jeffrey Arlo Brown,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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Ozon goes from virtue-signaling to unsentimental profundity.—
Armond White,
National Review,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Yellows 1, 2, 3 and 4: Were all banned in 1959 after they were potentially linked to lesions and heart damage.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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For a lot of kids, playing FNF at its peak—before development stalled, before mods went awry—seems to hold a special place in their hearts.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
23 Apr. 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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