the above
noun
: something that is mentioned at an earlier point in the same document
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New Atlas, 10 Feb. 2026
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Sanders’ go-to exercise activates muscles in your core and hips to help prevent the above inefficiencies.
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New Atlas, 10 Feb. 2026
Those numbers were chosen by a player at a Chevron station in Micanopy, an Alachua County town that claims the above designation.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
Sanders’ go-to exercise activates muscles in your core and hips to help prevent the above inefficiencies.
—Sarah Klein, Outside, 10 Feb. 2026
Doing well this season didn’t come cheap, and at this point, the best-performing rosters found a way to get at least two of the above movies onto their rosters.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
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“The above.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20above. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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