the above
noun
: something that is mentioned at an earlier point in the same document
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Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Mortgage Matchup Center reserves the right to amend the above list without notice.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025
All of the above is the only answer.
—Omar Kelly
updated October 14, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Inexperienced swimmers were urged to remain out of the water in many of the above areas due to dangerous surf conditions.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
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“The above.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20above. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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