bottoming
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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June of that year recorded a bearish dark cloud cover candle, and from there, the price was chopped in half, ultimately bottoming in the mid $50s early last year.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
An index of the Mag 7 stocks has surged more than 18% since bottoming out on March 30, and now sits just 1.8% south of the record high it reached in late October.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
“All of this is why we’ve been expecting any bottoming process to take time and be super volatile.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
“We acknowledge the reactive appearance of this call, but what we interpreted as a bottoming process, akin to prior cycles last year, appears less so now,” Zener wrote in a note to clients.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
“Everything’s fine, Mom,” I said, my stomach bottoming out: We were about to have a family argument right here in front of God and everybody.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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