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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Nestled in the Carneros region a few miles south of bustling downtown Napa is Etude Wines, a producer of exceptional, award-winning Pinot Noirs.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024
That night, sheriff's deputies went to Tarr's home in Collinsville, an hour south of the crime scene.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
Former President Donald Trump’s social media company outsourced jobs to workers in Mexico even as Trump publicly railed against outsourcing on the campaign trail and threatened heavy tariffs on companies that send jobs south of the border.
—Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2024
As well as the strike that hit the Rafik Hariri University Hospital, Israel also claimed that another major hospital in the south of Beirut, Al Sahel General Hospital, was located above a Hezbollah bunker.
—Allegra Goodwin and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
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Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024
That night, sheriff's deputies went to Tarr's home in Collinsville, an hour south of the crime scene.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
Former President Donald Trump’s social media company outsourced jobs to workers in Mexico even as Trump publicly railed against outsourcing on the campaign trail and threatened heavy tariffs on companies that send jobs south of the border.
—Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2024
As well as the strike that hit the Rafik Hariri University Hospital, Israel also claimed that another major hospital in the south of Beirut, Al Sahel General Hospital, was located above a Hezbollah bunker.
—Allegra Goodwin and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
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“South of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/south%20of. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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