beneath 1 of 2

as in under
in a lower position than sat beneath him, on the floor, for the group photo

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beneath

2 of 2

adverb

as in underneath
in or to a lower place a ranch house with all of the rooms on one floor and a combined basement and garage beneath

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Harden buried the Knicks beneath a 6-of-9 shooting night from downtown plus another seven points on eight attempts at the foul line. Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2025 But most of the seabed lies beneath the High Seas, beyond the control of any country. Daniel Ackerman, NPR, 27 Mar. 2025
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There is beauty in every corner of this game, on the surface and hidden beneath. Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025 Its purpose is to peel back the 6.5-million-cubic-mile (27-million-km³) ice cap to reveal the bedrock beneath. David Szondy, New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for beneath

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“Beneath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneath. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.

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