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Recent Examples of aboveground
Most visitors come for the underground experience of the cave itself, but there's plenty of aboveground adventures to be had, too, including miles of hiking trails, biking, canoeing and kayaking on the Green and Nolin Rivers, and horseback riding.
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Dave Parfitt,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
The caverns boast 4 miles of cave passages, as well as over 400 acres aboveground.
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Madeline Bartos,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
Where power lines are aboveground rather than buried underground, there is often more damage, and that can have socioeconomic implications.
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Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
26 Jan. 2026
The song first became a graveyard (and aboveground) smash in 1962, ruling for two weeks leading up to that Halloween.
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Gary Trust,
Billboard,
11 Nov. 2025
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Dave Parfitt,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
The caverns boast 4 miles of cave passages, as well as over 400 acres aboveground.
—
Madeline Bartos,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
Where power lines are aboveground rather than buried underground, there is often more damage, and that can have socioeconomic implications.
—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
26 Jan. 2026
The song first became a graveyard (and aboveground) smash in 1962, ruling for two weeks leading up to that Halloween.
—
Gary Trust,
Billboard,
11 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for aboveground
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aboveground
surface
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After Friday’s 50-minute practice session — the Cup cars’ only time on the track before Saturday’s qualifying and Sunday’s race — drivers were united in their concerns about the multi-surface circuit’s lack of grip, tight walls and fears of a high attrition rate in Sunday’s 75-lap feature.
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Audiences Were Never in One Place The shift toward multi-surface creation isn’t just happening on the creator side.
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“Aboveground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aboveground. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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