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Noun
While the bottom line was down from a year ago, on adjusted basis, earnings for the quarter ended Feb. 1 hit 32 cents per share, ahead of the 22 cents expected. David Moin, WWD, 19 Mar. 2025 Its bottom line is consistent with net income at the company growing at a 7% annual rate the past five years, according to FactSet. John Melloy, CNBC, 19 Mar. 2025 The bottom line: For Lehane and OpenAI, fears about AI are dwindling, and the vibe shift is here to stay. Ashley Gold, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025 Scientists say midday power naps improve mental alertness, energy and productivity, even the company’s bottom line. Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bottom line
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bottom line
Noun
  • Disney had that touch about sort of distilling it to the pure essence of something.
    Jim Ryan, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Salesforce’s data shows that while nearly nine in 10 retailers have what’s known as unified commerce initiatives—in essence, marrying the systems and data on the frontend, with the information and processes on the backend—only 15 percent have actually realized unified commerce’s value.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Those used in the past decade (Nike’s Ordem, Merlin and Flight models) have seemingly been easier to curl in a natural, logical manner.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Las Vegas had the worst rushing offense in the league last year, and with Geno Smith now tied down at quarterback, a running back would be a logical pick for new coach Pete Carroll.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Brown, brittle leaves may make your lawn appear dead, but the crown—the grass plant’s growth point for leaves and roots—is alive and quickly sends up new leaves as soon as conditions are ideal.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2025
  • This market can trace its roots to 1921 and has been in its current 49-acre location since 1956.
    Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Even when the accusations are unfounded, even when the risks are small, the mere possibility of being a sucker can be psychologically potent enough to undermine a rational preference for cooperation.
    Tess Wilkinson-Ryan, TIME, 18 Mar. 2025
  • This all points to a more rational, less economically harmful climate policy, but, as always, there’s going to be litigation.
    The Editors, National Review, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Remember: at its core, innovation is about seeing a problem and solving it with a better process, product, or way of doing business.
    Mark Nevins, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Of course, as any grandmother will tell you, those things are important, too, but the core of hospitality is creating a sense of comfort where visitors (and family) feel truly at ease.
    Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But an unsentimental assessment of the regional landscape offers some sense of how Trump could proceed.
    Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
  • This lyrical but unsentimental book is a eulogy for transhumance—the seasonal movement of livestock and the people who watch over them.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • And for me, to be on the cover of Vogue Philippines, for my first Vogue cover, is so special and will forever just hold the most special place in my heart.
    Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 18 Mar. 2025
  • She often is drawn to these boundary-defying health stories and has covered the brain-body connection in functional neurological disorders, heart conditions and even cancers.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Darcy goes running after Elizabeth in the rain…and then proposes to her in quite a clumsy and unromantic way?
    Marley Marius, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Unforgiven recasts the genre as a pitiless, almost pathologically unromantic realm populated by twits hoping to make their name and aged gunslingers who have to make peace with their bad pasts.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025

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