as in bottom
the lowest part, place, or point
the foot of the pedestal
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Recent Examples of foot
New Atlas, 6 Apr. 2025
Royals played in only seven games last season because of a foot injury but was first-team All-Mountain West in 2023 in his first year as a starter.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2025
Alexander Smith, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2025
Regulations requiring this sort of testing came about in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis to make sure systematically important financial institutions maintained sounder footing in the face of future adverse conditions.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Today’s vehicles have dozens of sensors, hundreds of feet of wiring, three or more on-board computers, wireless and Wi-Fi connectivity, GPS, and a lot of other gadgets.
—New Atlas, 6 Apr. 2025
Royals played in only seven games last season because of a foot injury but was first-team All-Mountain West in 2023 in his first year as a starter.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2025
Verb
Unpicking this symbiosis will take hundreds of billions of dollars, likely footed by European taxpayers already embroiled in a cost-of-living crisis and cuts to public services.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2025
Regulations requiring this sort of testing came about in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis to make sure systematically important financial institutions maintained sounder footing in the face of future adverse conditions.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foot
Noun
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Said gravity-compensation device spins upon two axes: While an inner cage rotates through 360 degrees every 16 seconds, an outer cage spins in the opposite direction once every 60 seconds, forming a small seconds indicator at the bottom of the dial.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
1 Apr. 2025
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For phytoplankton, the organisms sink to the bottom of the ocean during dormancy, and they are eventually covered by sediment over time and preserved by the lack of oxygen.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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At its heart, the trial was about whether college athletes and former college athletes should be paid more than nothing for use of their NIL in video games and other products.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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From the start of their seemingly happy relationship, her family was impressed by the attention that Booker paid to them.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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State of play: Supporters of Trump's trade war see it as a path to rebuilding the U.S. manufacturing base — reversing decades of industrial job losses.—
Ryan Deto,
Axios,
9 Apr. 2025
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The monument, as envisioned by the foundation, will feature a nine-sided granite base etched with the names of Tarrant residents killed during the war.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2025
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Johnson stands to gain politically from standing up to a president who is deeply unpopular in liberal Chicago.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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Shopping at local, independent bookstores is incredibly important, especially in a community like Opelousas, where Black Pot Bookshop stands as the only bookstore in the city.—
American Booksellers Association,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Foot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foot. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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