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also foot
as in bottoms
the lowest part, place, or point
the foot of the pedestal
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Recent Examples of feet
On the 100 block of South Claremont Avenue in San Jose in June 2025, a 1,340-square-foot home was sold for $1,138,000, a price per square foot of $849.
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Unitedrobotsrealestate, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
Radar indicated the wind speed changed by nearly 75 miles per hour within just 4,000 feet.
—Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
Americans are voting with their feet.
—Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2026
With rooms ranging from 910 to 2,100 square feet, there’s plenty of room to stretch your legs, and the private walk-out balconies beholding all of the Strip certainly don’t hurt.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2026
The primary driver of these changes is the cephalad fluid shift — the upward movement of blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that is normally pulled toward our feet by gravity.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
The Alamo Trust began building the 160,000-square-foot center in 2024.
—Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2026
Maybe so, but Marshall Ledbetter and 6-foot senior foward Luke Badal have been the most consistent, averaging just over 20 points and in the mid-teens, respectively.
—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
These raised garden beds are made of single, foot-wide planks of wood nailed together.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2026
Unitedrobotsrealestate, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
Radar indicated the wind speed changed by nearly 75 miles per hour within just 4,000 feet.
—Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
Americans are voting with their feet.
—Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2026
With rooms ranging from 910 to 2,100 square feet, there’s plenty of room to stretch your legs, and the private walk-out balconies beholding all of the Strip certainly don’t hurt.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2026
The primary driver of these changes is the cephalad fluid shift — the upward movement of blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that is normally pulled toward our feet by gravity.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
The Alamo Trust began building the 160,000-square-foot center in 2024.
—Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2026
Maybe so, but Marshall Ledbetter and 6-foot senior foward Luke Badal have been the most consistent, averaging just over 20 points and in the mid-teens, respectively.
—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
These raised garden beds are made of single, foot-wide planks of wood nailed together.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feet
Noun
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Earlier this week, Martha Stewart gave the trending bottoms her stamp of approval, too.—
Kaelin Dodge,
InStyle,
7 Feb. 2026
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For his brand, bottoms continue to be extremely strong sellers, along with shirt jackets and sweaters as well as corduroy and flannel shirts, many in pop colors.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Avoid basements or rooms submerged in water with electrical outlets or cords.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Daily News,
11 Feb. 2026
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But factories had been built with steam engines in their basements, powering overhead shafts that ran the length of the buildings, with belts and pulleys carrying power to individual machines.—
Josh Tyrangiel,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Feet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feet. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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