as in essence
the central part or aspect of something under consideration
why don't we stop talking around it and get to the bottom line
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Relevance
as in logical
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Recent Examples of bottom line
Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
Musk’s Twitter purchase was a bad deal financially and has been detrimental to X’s bottom line, but his ownership of the platform helped boost his cultural and political relevance by keeping him in the center of the news cycle.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
The top-line figure lagged behind analysts’ consensus forecast but the company beat expectations on the bottom line.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 28 Feb. 2025
The company outperformed expectations on its bottom line, reporting net income of $335 million in the fourth quarter compared to a $2 billion loss in the same period of 2023.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2025
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Noun
For weeks, activists have been targeting Elon Musk by going after his bottom line.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
Musk’s Twitter purchase was a bad deal financially and has been detrimental to X’s bottom line, but his ownership of the platform helped boost his cultural and political relevance by keeping him in the center of the news cycle.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
The top-line figure lagged behind analysts’ consensus forecast but the company beat expectations on the bottom line.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 28 Feb. 2025
The company outperformed expectations on its bottom line, reporting net income of $335 million in the fourth quarter compared to a $2 billion loss in the same period of 2023.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bottom line
Noun
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Since the New Year’s ball dropped, there has been a flood of mixtapes that, with their own regional twist, capture that essence in different ways.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
14 Mar. 2025
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Smokey, tangy, and subtly sweet—the overall flavor somehow captures the essence of a warm, breezy evening on the beach.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The problem — and hardly an insignificant one — is that however funny comedian Jillian Bell’s directorial debut can be in the moment, none of it makes the slightest logical sense.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2025
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Airport lounges were overdue for a re-think, and a logical place for Delta to start catering to luxury travelers.—
Paula Conway,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Shabtai shows us a tattoo on his arm that’s a reminder of his grandmother and her roots.—
Andy Wang,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Featuring artists such as Talib Kweli, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Terrace Martin, Jean Baylor, and Bilal, the album explores the roots of jazz and Hip-Hop while reimagining their possibilities for the future.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
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Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for 0.3% increases on both headline and core, with respective annual rates of 2.9% and 3.2%, meaning that all of the rates were 0.1 percentage point less than expected.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2025
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Seeing the body disturbs Mickey to her core, and sets her on a path to find Kacey.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But an unsentimental assessment of the regional landscape offers some sense of how Trump could proceed.—
Suzanne Maloney,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Dec. 2024
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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
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Increasing your water intake can benefit overall health, including the health of your kidneys, brain, and heart.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
18 Mar. 2025
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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
Adjective
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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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The imagination can’t be bothered with unromantic minutiae.—
Kevin Chroust,
Outside Online,
5 Feb. 2025
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