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Recent Examples of aboveground
This heat is what makes underground subway systems so hot in summer; in addition, trains that pass from aboveground tracks into tunnels push hot air in front of them, further warming the system.
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 2 Aug. 2024
An aboveground pipeline travels a distance of 15 miles to dispatch the nuclear powered steam.
—Interesting Engineering, 21 June 2024
Because of bans on aboveground nuclear testing, the traditional method of figuring out how nuclear bombs work—namely, blowing them up—isn't feasible anymore.
—Amy Brady, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
Its latest 34-story building on Broadway — near the aboveground 125th Street 1 stop — is on track to be completed in 2024 and will house graduate students and faculty members in 142 apartments.
—Téa Kvetenadze, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2024
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 2 Aug. 2024
An aboveground pipeline travels a distance of 15 miles to dispatch the nuclear powered steam.
—Interesting Engineering, 21 June 2024
Because of bans on aboveground nuclear testing, the traditional method of figuring out how nuclear bombs work—namely, blowing them up—isn't feasible anymore.
—Amy Brady, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
Its latest 34-story building on Broadway — near the aboveground 125th Street 1 stop — is on track to be completed in 2024 and will house graduate students and faculty members in 142 apartments.
—Téa Kvetenadze, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2024
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“Aboveground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aboveground. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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