south of
idiomatic phrase
of a number or value
: less than
Other than crafty Chicago White Sox lefty Dallas Keuchel, no other starter with a strikeout percentage as low as Wheeler had an ERA south of 4.00 in 2020.—
Joe Giglio
Joe Giglio… the wine list could use a few more bargains; I counted only a handful of bottles costing south of $60.—Scott Mowbray
Scott MowbrayThe North Carolina Tar Heels' star quarterback, who averaged more than 300 yards per game and completed nearly 70 percent of his passes in the regular season, went into the fourth quarter of the 2021 Orange Bowl with only 128 passing yards and a completion percentage south of 60.—David Wilson
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The aircraft staged out of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, which is located south of Kadena Air Base.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
Cesar Manso | Afp | Getty Images A catastrophic power outage affecting much of Spain, Portugal and the south of France has thrust the role of renewables and energy security into the spotlight.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 12 May 2025
The city of Goygol is a twenty-minute drive south of Ganja—Armenia’s second largest city.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Jerome is in rural Collier County south of the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area in southwest Florida.
—Olivia Lloyd, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2025
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
Cesar Manso | Afp | Getty Images A catastrophic power outage affecting much of Spain, Portugal and the south of France has thrust the role of renewables and energy security into the spotlight.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 12 May 2025
The city of Goygol is a twenty-minute drive south of Ganja—Armenia’s second largest city.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Jerome is in rural Collier County south of the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area in southwest Florida.
—Olivia Lloyd, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2025
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“South of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/south%20of. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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