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nadirs

noun

plural of nadir

as in depths

the lowest point or level the discussion really reached its nadir when people resorted to name-calling

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as in bottoms

the lowest part, place, or point got into the stock market when it was at its nadir and then watched prices soar

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Recent Examples of nadirs Of the many nadirs this season — from letting a two-goal lead slip against Bournemouth to their existing run of five defeats in six league games from December 14 — the chastening 3-0 loss against Wolves on January 3 ranks high. — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026

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Noun

According to Anduril's website, Dive-LD can operate for up to 10 days without returning to base and is designed to dive to depths of as much as 6,000 metres (19,700 feet).

— Idrees Ali, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
Its box office haul so far isn’t huge, but a movie emerging from the depths of studio cuts after widespread Hollywood outcry seems like a win.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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The American walks into a meeting room in Las Vegas’ New York-New York hotel, dressed in bold pink tracksuit bottoms, with the WBC welterweight title belt draped over his shoulder, talking as fast as his fists fly.

— Chris McKenna, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Rather than the full-fledged bell bottoms of the disco age, these sleek new styles offer a subtler, more streamlined look.

— Kate Donovan, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of bottoms

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De La Cruz had spent five years putting down roots in the United States after crossing almost a dozen countries by car, foot, bus and boat.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
The 538-foot-tall building is out of scale for a neighborhood of mostly buildings between four and six stories, and will contain just 34 luxury condos, some with their own private entrances and garages.

— David Freedlander, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of feet

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Many of the items that the couple had stored were of the type that people keep in basements, but the high water table in most of Florida makes basements a rarity.

— David Owen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Jet fuel burns as hot as kerosene — twice as hot as wood — and firefighters battle kerosene fires every day in the basements of tenements all over the city.

— Peter Wilkinson, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

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