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as in depth
the lowest point or level
the discussion really reached its nadir when people resorted to name-calling
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as in bottom
the lowest part, place, or point
got into the stock market when it was at its nadir and then watched prices soar
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Recent Examples of nadir
With 11 events this season, Next Wave seems to be on the rebound from its nadir in 2023, when only eight works were presented, but that’s still far below the 31 that were staged in 2017.
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Frank Rose, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Just four of his 21 Championship games were won, culminating in the nadir of a horrible 5-1 defeat away to Colchester in the November.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Sacramento is 13-18 on the season and has lost 12 of its last 17 games — a slide that sank to its nadir with a brutal last-second loss to the Pistons on Thursday night.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
The nadir of female labor force participation represents the dramatic opportunity cost created by technological development rendering a woman’s earning potential outside the home much higher than the costs saved by two to three hours of subsistence housework.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
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Frank Rose, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Just four of his 21 Championship games were won, culminating in the nadir of a horrible 5-1 defeat away to Colchester in the November.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Sacramento is 13-18 on the season and has lost 12 of its last 17 games — a slide that sank to its nadir with a brutal last-second loss to the Pistons on Thursday night.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
The nadir of female labor force participation represents the dramatic opportunity cost created by technological development rendering a woman’s earning potential outside the home much higher than the costs saved by two to three hours of subsistence housework.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nadir
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This season, Thomas and Buchnevich have spent less time on the same line because the Blues opened the season with them as the top two centers on the depth chart.—
Jeremy Rutherford,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Further, generative image editing is now available offline and a new virtual aperture too gives you real-time control over depth and brightness.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
24 Jan. 2025
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Write numbers at the bottom of each egg carton cup to use them as learning aid for math and counting.—
Rabekah Henderson,
Southern Living,
19 Jan. 2025
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America’s flagship — the magnificent SS United States — was poised to set sail at the end of last year on her final voyage from Philadelphia to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico to become an artificial reef.—
Danny Freeman,
CNN,
18 Jan. 2025
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The binary system of ones and zeros later became the basis of digital coding, and Leibniz himself attempted to exploit it in some of his designs for machines that could perform calculations.—
Anthony Gottlieb,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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Too often clubs hear of Leeds’ interest in a player and start adding zeros to the price tag — but the days of Leeds engaging in that sort of negotiating are long gone.—
Nancy Froston,
The Athletic,
26 Dec. 2024
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Bend your knees and place your feet flat on the ground.—
Aubrey Bailey, PT, DPT, CHT,
Verywell Health,
24 Jan. 2025
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The thick, durable design ensures your feet stay snug despite the elements.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Jan. 2025
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The United States’ postwar political identity has vanished into the abyss of the ballot box.—
Ivan Krastev,
The Atlantic,
3 Jan. 2025
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These were story worlds to add to the significance of being grounded, to know the tiny but integral scale of your belonging in a timeless culture of country, while staring into the abyss of the world.—
Alexis Wright,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Slacks, a blazer, and a shirt buttoned to the top without a tie—meticulous, with a base note of the unexpected.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
17 Jan. 2025
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The contract, which began after the Board's approval, has an annual base salary of $4 million.—
Kierra Frazier,
CBS News,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Nadir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nadir. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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