south of
idiomatic phrase
of a number or value
: less than
Other than crafty Chicago White Sox lefty Dallas Keuchel, no other starter with a strikeout percentage as low as Wheeler had an ERA south of 4.00 in 2020.—
Joe Giglio
Joe Giglio… the wine list could use a few more bargains; I counted only a handful of bottles costing south of $60.—Scott Mowbray
Scott MowbrayThe North Carolina Tar Heels' star quarterback, who averaged more than 300 yards per game and completed nearly 70 percent of his passes in the regular season, went into the fourth quarter of the 2021 Orange Bowl with only 128 passing yards and a completion percentage south of 60.—David Wilson
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David WilsonExamples of south of in a Sentence
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The parish is in western Louisiana about 120 miles south of Shreveport.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024
The iconic route has been closed to the public since March 30, when torrential rains pounded the coast and a section of the southbound lane near the Rocky Creek Bridge collapsed, about 12 miles south of Carmel.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
Danielle Siegel rode the bus and Metrorail to a Miami-Dade County Commission meeting recently to wait her turn before the microphone to endorse a land deal for a Costco about 20 miles south of her Flagami home.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 14 May 2024
Indianapolis road closures on race day Starting at 5 a.m. on race day, Georgetown Road will be closed south of 25th Street to vehicular traffic, according to a news release from the town of Speedway.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 14 May 2024
Blair had been transported there by ambulance for a medical emergency from Potosi Correctional Center, about 70 miles south of St. Louis.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2024
Paving will take place between Third Street and 29th Street south of downtown Sacramento, according to the Broadway Complete Streets website.
—Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 14 May 2024
Twenty miles south of Canale, in the tidy hilltop town of Roddino, Gemma Boeri, 75, is less exacting with her agnolotti and more intent on preserving the ritual of making it.
—Dawn Davis Sharon Radisch Soneela Nankani Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 13 May 2024
Shaker Heights is about nine miles south of Euclid.
—CBS News, 12 May 2024
Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024
The iconic route has been closed to the public since March 30, when torrential rains pounded the coast and a section of the southbound lane near the Rocky Creek Bridge collapsed, about 12 miles south of Carmel.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
Danielle Siegel rode the bus and Metrorail to a Miami-Dade County Commission meeting recently to wait her turn before the microphone to endorse a land deal for a Costco about 20 miles south of her Flagami home.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 14 May 2024
Indianapolis road closures on race day Starting at 5 a.m. on race day, Georgetown Road will be closed south of 25th Street to vehicular traffic, according to a news release from the town of Speedway.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 14 May 2024
Blair had been transported there by ambulance for a medical emergency from Potosi Correctional Center, about 70 miles south of St. Louis.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2024
Paving will take place between Third Street and 29th Street south of downtown Sacramento, according to the Broadway Complete Streets website.
—Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 14 May 2024
Twenty miles south of Canale, in the tidy hilltop town of Roddino, Gemma Boeri, 75, is less exacting with her agnolotti and more intent on preserving the ritual of making it.
—Dawn Davis Sharon Radisch Soneela Nankani Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 13 May 2024
Shaker Heights is about nine miles south of Euclid.
—CBS News, 12 May 2024
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“South of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/south%20of. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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