as in bottom
the lowest part, place, or point
the foot of the pedestal
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Recent Examples of foot
Carley Thornell, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2024
There is a 10-knot, or 11 mile-per-hour, speed limit in whale-sensitive areas, like the coast of Georgia during calving season, but only for large boats of 65 feet and longer.
—Emily Jones, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Amazon sellers are also being persuaded to try out the service with promises of low fees and steep discounts on products footed by TikTok.
—Annie Palmer, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2024
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Noun
For instance, the lowest Flagler Club room category is almost identical in square footage to those in the Breakers portion of the hotel (315 square feet vs. 300 square feet), while the largest suite categories for each are roughly 600 square feet.
—Carley Thornell, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2024
There is a 10-knot, or 11 mile-per-hour, speed limit in whale-sensitive areas, like the coast of Georgia during calving season, but only for large boats of 65 feet and longer.
—Emily Jones, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
Dickey also disclosed that several people had emailed his staff offering to foot Mangione’s legal bills.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Amazon sellers are also being persuaded to try out the service with promises of low fees and steep discounts on products footed by TikTok.
—Annie Palmer, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2024
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Located at the bottom of a deep, shaded gorge, one feels transported to the Adirondacks.Gary Stoller, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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At the bottom of that last one was written in small type the name of the man who had uttered that line.Catherine Porter, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Good was the only female CEO among Charlotte's top 10 highest paid.Katie Peralta Soloff, Axios, 22 Dec. 2024
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Obviously, these innovative companies aren’t paying out dividends.Brett Owens, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Dayton, Ohio's Wright-Patterson Air Force Base closed its airspace for four hours on Friday after drones were spotted at the base, the biggest in the world, for the first time.Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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The two Malaysian men’s transfers leave 27 detainees in custody at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay.Ellen Knickmeyer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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The chupacabra was also reported in other places, including parts of the U.S., where it was described as a small creature standing on four feet, looking like a hairless dog.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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The battle royale sold 40 million copies in its first year, and reached over 3 million concurrent players on PC via Steam in 2018 — a record that still stands to this day, followed closely but still trailed by the likes of Counter-Strike 2 (2023), Black Myth: Wukong (2024), and Palworld (2024).Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Foot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foot. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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