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even when her singing career was at its lowermost point, she still got gigs at small clubs
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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.
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Emily Underwood, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2024
Reading became difficult: the white of the page took on a wince-inducing glare, and the words frosted over, like the lowermost lines on the optometrist’s eye chart.
—Andrew Leland, The New Yorker, 8 July 2023
It’s expected to flow through the breached dam in the coming days, with the lowermost reaches of the Dnipro River returning to a narrower channel unseen since the dam was built in the 1950s.
—Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 9 June 2023
The artery feeding the lowermost part of her heart appeared to be blocked.
—H Lee Kagan, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2019
Near the mouth of the river, below the lowermost end of the levee, there are a few outlets where the water already slips out of the river’s main channel into the surrounding bays.
—Boyce Upholt, Wired, 23 July 2022
The lowermost red highlights show that the index has been testing overhead resistance at 4115 to 4157, which represents the February 24th and March 8th lows, for the past eight sessions.
—John Kosar, Forbes, 8 June 2022
Try the uppermost trail that runs along the river through the Newberry National Volcanic Monument south of Bend, or the lowermost trail near the confluence with the Columbia River east of The Dalles.
—oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2021
In other groups, the topmost elements tend to behave more like the lowermost elements when scientists apply serious pressure in the lab, like carbon into diamonds.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 4 June 2020
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Emily Underwood, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2024
Reading became difficult: the white of the page took on a wince-inducing glare, and the words frosted over, like the lowermost lines on the optometrist’s eye chart.
—Andrew Leland, The New Yorker, 8 July 2023
It’s expected to flow through the breached dam in the coming days, with the lowermost reaches of the Dnipro River returning to a narrower channel unseen since the dam was built in the 1950s.
—Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 9 June 2023
The artery feeding the lowermost part of her heart appeared to be blocked.
—H Lee Kagan, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2019
Near the mouth of the river, below the lowermost end of the levee, there are a few outlets where the water already slips out of the river’s main channel into the surrounding bays.
—Boyce Upholt, Wired, 23 July 2022
The lowermost red highlights show that the index has been testing overhead resistance at 4115 to 4157, which represents the February 24th and March 8th lows, for the past eight sessions.
—John Kosar, Forbes, 8 June 2022
Try the uppermost trail that runs along the river through the Newberry National Volcanic Monument south of Bend, or the lowermost trail near the confluence with the Columbia River east of The Dalles.
—oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2021
In other groups, the topmost elements tend to behave more like the lowermost elements when scientists apply serious pressure in the lab, like carbon into diamonds.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 4 June 2020
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lowermost
adjective
low·er·most
ˈlō(-ə)r-ˌmōst 
: being the lowest
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