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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
Advertisement Hun Manet’s gushing reception of Anutin given the nadir bilateral relations had just reached has raised a lot of eyebrows—not least given his father’s leaking of a phone call with Anutin’s predecessor was instrumental to her dismissal.
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Perhaps the nadir of this period was when track repairs on my train line meant six hours commuting only to work in my office for four.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
From the back benches to the presidency Bolsonaro's conviction marks the nadir in his trajectory from the back benches of Congress to forge a powerful conservative coalition that tested the limits of the country's young democratic institutions.
—Ricardo Brito, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Prince, whose Blackwater contractors marked a nadir in Iraq with the Nisour Square massacre in 2007, currently operates under the banner of Vectus Global.
—Alia Brahimi, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
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In all, more than 50 questions were posed by The Athletic subscribers, which might have taken me until retirement to answer with the deserved depth.—
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According to the team depth chart, the starting outside linebackers in Week 4 will be Kiko Mauigoa and Mark Robinson.—
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At the very least, the Red Wings won’t be pushovers at the bottom of the lineup with some great options that allow the team to play four-line hockey.—
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Springer should have reached base and drove in a pair of runs to give the Blue Jays the lead in the bottom of the second.—
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The name was an accidental misspelling of googol, a term coined by a mathematician’s young son to describe a 1 with 100 zeros after it.—
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The Bucs blew a 17-point fourth-quarter lead by having a kick to put them up two possessions blocked and returned for a touchdown, only to have Baker Mayfield march the offense back down the field for a game-winning 36-yard field goal from Chase McLaughlin with zeros on the clock.—
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Of those, four are standalone structures on the water and share a private dock with individual slips for boats 31-feet long.—
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On Orca Terrace, Fremont, in Fremont in May 2023, a 2,157-square-foot home was sold for $1,780,000, a price per square foot of $825.—
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These fishes also really highlight the diversity of snailfishes in the abyss.—
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Black Rabbit begins in media res, zooming out from a wallpaper full of rabbits — some mid-hop, others staring fearfully into the abyss with wide, dark pools for eyes.—
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The event is occurring at a Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, a secure site an hour south of the nation's capital.—
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The videoboard showed Fry, a bandage applied beneath his nose and stretching to both cheeks, waving the flag on the third-base line as the crowd roared.—
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“Nadir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nadir. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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