bottom out
phrasal verb
bottomed out; bottoming out; bottoms out
: to reach a lowest or worst point usually before beginning to rise or improve
Real estate prices seem to have bottomed out, and sellers can expect to get higher prices in coming months.
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Real estate accounts for up to 70 percent of household wealth, yet housing prices have yet to bottom out, leaving many Chinese consumers concerned about the future and more likely to save than spend.
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
The supply of for-sale homes had been below that level — often far below — for years, bottoming out at less than a month’s supply in March 2022.
—James Wilkins, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2025
The west floating dock sustained significant damage in June 2023 due to sand accumulation underneath, which caused the dock to bottom out at low tide, according to the port.
—Robert Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
E-commerce, online marketplace company Etsy (ETSY) , a Covid darling that crashed back to earth, is judged to be in the early stages of bottoming out.
—Carter Braxton Worth, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
The supply of for-sale homes had been below that level — often far below — for years, bottoming out at less than a month’s supply in March 2022.
—James Wilkins, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2025
The west floating dock sustained significant damage in June 2023 due to sand accumulation underneath, which caused the dock to bottom out at low tide, according to the port.
—Robert Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
E-commerce, online marketplace company Etsy (ETSY) , a Covid darling that crashed back to earth, is judged to be in the early stages of bottoming out.
—Carter Braxton Worth, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Bottom out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottom%20out. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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