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.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025
Mortgage Matchup Center reserves the right to amend the above list without notice.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 26 Nov. 2025
Here’s the flip side of the above.
—Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2025
All of the above brings me back to my conversation with Dueñas and to the decline of reading.
—Miami Herald, 25 Nov. 2025
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“The above.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20above. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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