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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as in logical
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Recent Examples of bottom line
Tina Reed, Axios, 26 Feb. 2025
And there are options, so talk to your doctor — bottom line.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
Any pullback in that spending could hit Nvidia’s bottom line, given the company’s central role in providing many of the chips to run AI systems.
—Clare Duffy, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
The bottom line: Even if Medicaid policy changes don't make it into this tax package due to political unfavorability, Guthrie isn't ready to give up.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 15 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The bottom line: The future of research talent and scientific advancements could be at stake with these looming cuts.
—Tina Reed, Axios, 26 Feb. 2025
And there are options, so talk to your doctor — bottom line.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
Any pullback in that spending could hit Nvidia’s bottom line, given the company’s central role in providing many of the chips to run AI systems.
—Clare Duffy, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
The bottom line: Even if Medicaid policy changes don't make it into this tax package due to political unfavorability, Guthrie isn't ready to give up.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bottom line
Noun
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Bob’s voice is so hard, and his essence is so hard.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2025
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In essence, the Israelis want phase one to continue – the exchange of hostages, alive and deceased, in return for the continued release of Palestinian prisoners and the flow of higher volumes of aid into Gaza.—
Ibrahim Dahman,
CNN,
1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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There is no length societies will not go to, no absurd logical leap people won’t take to recast our simple, human act of survival as something dirty and shameful.—
Amanda Nguyen,
TIME,
3 Mar. 2025
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Violent, oppressive lies, carefully framed as logical, reasonable, truthful, and factual.—
Christine Winter,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This allergy medication targets the root of the problem that causes red, scaly and itchy skin.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2025
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Related article ‘An agenda to control you’: How climate solutions got sucked into a fevered culture war Experts say the roots of the shift toward far-right parties can be traced back years.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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So the rational strategy, in many cases, is to wait.—
Phil De Luna,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Also use your words to compose a factual, rational statement of your position.—
Chris John Amorosino,
Hartford Courant,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This mirrors Nvidia's strategy with DLSS, which has always leveraged the tensor cores found in RTX GPUs to run machine-learning models to achieve superior image quality for upscaled and AI-generated frames.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
28 Feb. 2025
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That's why empathy is often a core value for families.—
Alana Bracken,
Parents,
28 Feb. 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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Walls display Black History Month decorations, a tree made of pink paper hearts and posters of historical figures like the Wright brothers and George Washington Carver.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
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These basic concepts of freedom are at the very heart of Hamilton.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
6 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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“Bottom line.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottom%20line. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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