aboveground
adjective
above·ground
ə-ˈbəv-ˌgrau̇nd 
1
: located or occurring on or above the surface of the ground
2
: existing, produced, or published by or within the establishment
aboveground movies
aboveground
adverb
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Lightner and his boss grab a scroll from a coffin and then get outta there, locking the aboveground grave on their way out.
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 Oct. 2024
Some of the incidents appear to be accidental, and many of them took place in the aboveground stations or buildings, and not necessarily inside the tunnels themselves.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
This curation distinguishes private servers like Plex from the bigger, aboveground streaming services with their algorithmic recommendation systems.
—John Semley, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2024
Advertisement The man then pushed the woman onto the tracks and dragged her across the concrete freeway divider and onto the 210 Freeway, which runs parallel to the aboveground Metro platform, the reports said.
—Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 Oct. 2024
Some of the incidents appear to be accidental, and many of them took place in the aboveground stations or buildings, and not necessarily inside the tunnels themselves.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
This curation distinguishes private servers like Plex from the bigger, aboveground streaming services with their algorithmic recommendation systems.
—John Semley, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2024
Advertisement The man then pushed the woman onto the tracks and dragged her across the concrete freeway divider and onto the 210 Freeway, which runs parallel to the aboveground Metro platform, the reports said.
—Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
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“Aboveground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aboveground. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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aboveground
adjective
above·ground
ə-ˈbəv-ˌgrau̇nd
: located or happening on or above the surface of the ground
an aboveground swimming pool
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