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
Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Business solutions provider Expert Market, in its latest Food & Beverage Industry Report, found that a majority plan to raise prices to offset the impact of these factors on their bottom lines.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 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
Leaders across the industry are fighting to combat a global luxury slowdown and searching for new ways to maintain relevancy, reinvigorate their relationships with shoppers, while improving their bottom line.
—Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Business solutions provider Expert Market, in its latest Food & Beverage Industry Report, found that a majority plan to raise prices to offset the impact of these factors on their bottom lines.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 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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But Guerrero remains the core piece.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Two sources told Fortune that Amazon’s human resources division—known internally as PXT or the People eXperience Technology team—will be hard hit, but that other areas of Amazon’s core consumer business are also likely to be affected.—
Jason Del Rey,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In a stunning, unsentimental portrait of a young poet’s rural childhood, familial hardship and resilience are juxtaposed against the artistic awakening of a growing mind.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
9 Oct. 2025
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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
Noun
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There’s a common theme with Steen, Arbour and Jackman — all three players were heart-and-soul players with the Blues.—
Jeremy Rutherford,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Our hearts are extra full this week 🥰 #DedicationNight featuring our stars’ special guests is TONIGHT - 8/7c on ABC and Disney+.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 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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