the above

noun

: something that is mentioned at an earlier point in the same document
If any of the above is incorrect, please let me know.
Contact any of the above for more information.

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web While some of the above is coincidental, social robot design is capable of specifically targeting and magnifying this anthropomorphism. IEEE Spectrum, 22 Mar. 2023 Perhaps the above makes this sound like some bleak therapeutic parable, and who doesn’t hate that crap? Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2023 For time zones east of the above, the equinox actually falls on Tuesday, March 21. Forrest Brown, CNN, 20 Mar. 2023 Rightfully so, the night is a celebratory culmination of all of the above. Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 19 Mar. 2023 Except the defense wasn’t any good this season even when both of the above were present and accounted for. Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023 All of the above are good to go through 2031 and 2032. Georg Kacher, Car and Driver, 17 Mar. 2023 What’s more, a company that distributes or deploys a GPAI and that substantially modifies it, would be seen as a provider of a high-risk A.I. system, and have to comply with all the above. David Meyer, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2023 Your grandmother might be a beauty junkie, a world traveler, an accomplished chef, or all of the above. Olivia Hosken, Town & Country, 13 Mar. 2023 See More

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“The above.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20above. Accessed 1 Apr. 2023.

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