under-the-counter

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Recent Examples of under-the-counter By night, his father would lend him his binoculars to spy on women through their windows, filling in any gaps in his anatomical understanding with whatever under-the-counter girly magazines had managed to wiggle through Italy’s draconian censorship. Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024 Filtering your water If PFAS levels are concerning, consumers can purchase an under-the-counter water filter for their tap. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024 Have a variety — an overhead light; warm-toned, under-the-counter LED task strips. Kim Cook, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for under-the-counter
Adjective
  • Garcia transmitted the cash in four installments and charged an under-the-table fee of $50 for each wire.
    Jason Green, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The corruption trial kicked off in 2020, with prosecutors accusing Netanyahu of exchanging regulatory favors for positive press coverage in under-the-table dealings with media moguls.
    Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Experts said that immigrants had every reason to worry because the memo turned hundreds of thousands of people who have been in the country lawfully into unauthorized immigrants.
    Gabriel V. Cárdenas, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
  • As the department's new head, Noem is expected to play a central role in enacting Trump's campaign promise to deport unauthorized immigrants en masse.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Augustin Lorenzo Telly, a 26-year Stockton police veteran, was booked into San Joaquin County Jail on charges including the unlicensed sale of a firearm, conspiracy and an open charge of soliciting specified criminal acts.
    Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Police said 1,576 unlicensed miners had emerged from the mine by their own means before the rescue operation began.
    Reuters, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025

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“Under-the-counter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/under-the-counter. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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