as in bottom
the lowest part, place, or point
the foot of the pedestal
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Recent Examples of foot
Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 Apr. 2025
Sixteen passengers were helped out of a separate cable car that was stuck mid-air near the foot of the mountain following the incident, reported Sky News.
—Clare Fisher, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Robert Pearl, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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
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Noun
And it won’t be achieved in increments alone, with a crosswalk here and a bollard there, or a minor improvement in the streetscape that gets fought over like a few feet of terrain at the Somme.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 Apr. 2025
Sixteen passengers were helped out of a separate cable car that was stuck mid-air near the foot of the mountain following the incident, reported Sky News.
—Clare Fisher, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
Total Medicaid spending is $900 billion annually — the federal government pays 70% with states footing the rest.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foot
Noun
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The Giants' decision to trade into the bottom of the first round for a quarterback but pass on Shedeur Sanders in favor of Jaxson Dart was one of the more controversial moments of the night.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Teams that finish over the second apron in two or more years over a four-year span have that seven-years-in-the-future pick automatically moved to the bottom of the first round.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
Verb
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All the cardinals in Rome are expected to visit the tomb to pay their respects on Sunday afternoon, according to the Vatican.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2025
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Filers earning more than $100,000 per year pay 85% of the income tax, while those under $100,000, representing 72% of filers, pay the remaining 15%, according to the statistics.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
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While Trump retains strong support from his base, his approval among swing voters has eroded.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Although the planet, which is home to a large Imperial Navy base, didn’t appear in Andor’s first season, it was mentioned a lot: The theft of Imperial materials from the base is what first tipped Dedra Meero off about Luthen’s anti-Imperial network.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2025
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Trump’s tariffs on cars, steel and aluminum are still standing, and could crush those Canadian industries.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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But enemy shelling killed two Marines standing guard there – Darwin Judge and Charles MacMahon, the last Americans to die in Vietnam.—
David Martin,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Foot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foot. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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