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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Adjective
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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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Place bottom half, cut side up, in reserved pan.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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In the second quarter of 2025, according to the Federal Reserve, the combined wealth of the country’s richest 10% reached a record $113 trillion — or more than double the total wealth of everyone else, and approximately 27 times the wealth of the country’s bottom 50%.—
Trevor Bach,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Wind chills could fall as low as minus 60 across Illinois, Minnesota and North and South Dakota.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
23 Jan. 2026
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Eriksson Ek had missed the previous six games, and Johansson the previous three, both of them with lower body injuries.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
23 Jan. 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 30 Jan. 2026.
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