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WordBand 7–8Toofey picks
trough
/ˈtrɒf/
noun
The lowest point in a rise and fall pattern.
- “Unemployment reached its trough at the end of the period.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))