as in lower
of, relating to, or located at the bottom
some strange creature from the nethermost region of the ocean
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And ultimately, the Supreme Court overruled those lower court rulings and did declare the embryos as children qualifying under the wrongful death statute.—
Dana Taylor,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2024 -
Lower gas demand amid increasing supply has led to lower pump prices.—
Frank Witsil,
Detroit Free Press,
19 June 2023
Adjective
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My huge Miami bed was lifted up on a wooden platform with a golden light surrounding its bottom edge.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The hosts then fell to Virginia to drop out of the tournament before the two-seed Cavaliers lost to the three-seed Jacksonville State, setting up the rare matchup between the bottom two seeds for a spot in the Super Regional.—
Mark Harris OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
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The rulings do not clear the former paramedics of wrongdoing but return the cases to the lower court for a possible retrial.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
5 June 2026
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The tech contagion spread to stocks in Asia, dragging key indexes lower.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
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But others have argued that the helium-3 could instead be coming from somewhere deep and stable in the lowermost mantle.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
4 Aug. 2025
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In the 1920s, a surgeon named Frederick Barrington, of University College London, went looking for the on-off switch in the brainstem, the lowermost part of the brain that connects with the spinal cord.—
Emily Underwood,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 June 2024
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“Nethermost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nethermost. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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