from above
idiom
1
: from a higher place or position
It looks like a cross when viewed from above.
2
: from someone with greater power or authority
waiting for orders from above
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Alternatively, perhaps nutrients enter the ocean not from below, but from above — meteorites that strike the surface ice and become subsumed and drawn into the ocean.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Trump may hope that the threat of more danger from above can coerce the Venezuelan regime into acting in ways Washington wants.
—Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
The circles are visible from above the water, even though they're built on the seabed at depths of between 10 m (33 ft) and 30 m (66 ft).
—New Atlas, 3 Jan. 2026
Urbano recovered fragments of the original arena and presented them under a ceiling, lit from above and covered with dead leaves and other plant detritus.
—Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Trump may hope that the threat of more danger from above can coerce the Venezuelan regime into acting in ways Washington wants.
—Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
The circles are visible from above the water, even though they're built on the seabed at depths of between 10 m (33 ft) and 30 m (66 ft).
—New Atlas, 3 Jan. 2026
Urbano recovered fragments of the original arena and presented them under a ceiling, lit from above and covered with dead leaves and other plant detritus.
—Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
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“From above.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20above. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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