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Recent Examples of underneath
Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2025
The Claudia fits true to size and works well with a sweater layered underneath without impeding range of motion.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2025
Ali Faccenda, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Feb. 2025
She was hit in five places, including directly underneath her eye.
—Brie Stimson, Fox News, 12 Feb. 2025
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Adverb
The open syringe style hands track time against an wholly original design underneath, with a railroad track minutes, and fully index Arabic numeral hour track along the inner portion of the dial.
—Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2025
The Claudia fits true to size and works well with a sweater layered underneath without impeding range of motion.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2025
Preposition
There’s additional storage space hiding underneath the lift-up upholstered seat that one reviewer uses to keep hats, scarves, and gloves.
—Ali Faccenda, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Feb. 2025
She was hit in five places, including directly underneath her eye.
—Brie Stimson, Fox News, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underneath
Adverb
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Meanwhile, a separate stream beneath appears to move iron from the hot side to the cooler side.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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Along the fence was bougainvillea, and in his yard, a magnificent native oak that our families would sit beneath together.—
Nancy Walecki,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Two stars on the under, but prop players remember: Emeka Egbuka (+155 for a touchdown) gets the ball in big spots for Ohio State.—
Jon Greenberg,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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Best Day’s beers fit into the under 0.5% category, but certainly sit well in the craft brewing category as well.—
Jeff Burkhart,
The Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2025
Preposition
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Despite the blowback, the president’s approval ratings have remained in the mid-40s − 15 points below Gallup's historical average for U.S. presidents since 1953 but five points higher than Trump's first term.—
Zac Anderson,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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Virginia is the first state on the East Coast below the line.—
Sabrina Moreno,
Axios,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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And ultimately, the Supreme Court overruled those lower court rulings and did declare the embryos as children qualifying under the wrongful death statute.—
Dana Taylor,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2024
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Lower gas demand amid increasing supply has led to lower pump prices.—
Frank Witsil,
Detroit Free Press,
19 June 2023
Preposition
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Police said Thompson was walking from his hotel toward the venue on West 54th Street near Sixth Avenue, when he was ambushed by a masked gunman around 6:45 a.m.—
Jessica Schladebeck New York Daily News (TNS),
arkansasonline.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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Blank was reported missing from Pennsylvania near where Zajko's parents lived on Dec. 15, 2022, according to Pennsylvania State Police.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The other is a gleaming, high-tech theatrical experience full of gorgeous, crystalline projections, set pieces in constant motion across the stage and locations that change instantly from a suburban home to a Chinese restaurant to the nether regions of the ever-spinning Internet.—
Chad Jones,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
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The Southern Bridge that connects the nether end of tony Palm Beach Island to the mainland city of West Palm Beach was once a calm overpass where people strolled alongside Bentleys over the Intracoastal Waterway.—
Beth Landman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Jan. 2025
Preposition
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According to Storyful, the fish was spotted along shallow waters of a Baja California Sur beach on Feb. 9.—
Jessica Botelho,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Feb. 2025
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But eight sea turtles were back in the water Tuesday among an original 17 reptiles discovered stranded along Florida’s northeastern Atlantic Coast, Dr. Heather Barron, a lead veterinarian at Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, said Wednesday.—
Terry Collins,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Underneath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underneath. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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