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Recent Examples of underneath
Robert Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
The gardener starts by placing unwaxed brown cardboard on the soil surface without digging to remove weeds or grass underneath.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2025
Christopher Murray
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In a video with over 2.6 million views online, Maya's owner Abbey Rose Green, who lives in Madison, Wisconsin, filmed the moment a tiny rabbit was calmly sitting underneath her kitchen table.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
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Adverb
The west dock sustained significant damage in June 2023 due to sand accumulation underneath, which caused the dock to bottom out at low tide, according to the port.
—Robert Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
The gardener starts by placing unwaxed brown cardboard on the soil surface without digging to remove weeds or grass underneath.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2025
Preposition
There’s a pull-out tray underneath the coop that makes accessing eggs easy.
—Christopher Murray
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In a video with over 2.6 million views online, Maya's owner Abbey Rose Green, who lives in Madison, Wisconsin, filmed the moment a tiny rabbit was calmly sitting underneath her kitchen table.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underneath
Adverb
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His trousers, bunched at the groin, invite one to imagine what lies beneath.—
James Meyer,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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In almost every leak, these have been colored black, but a recent claim from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said that in fact the panel will be color-matched to the rest of the iPhone’s back — similar to how the iPhone 16 Pro’s camera panel is transparent, showing the iPhone color beneath.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Complete any prep the under area needs—like removing existing weeds and shrubs or mowing grass—then lay the garden map back over the area and secure it with landscape staples.—
Andrea Beck,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Apr. 2025
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The bra and underwear have set stones and drops at the under-bust of the bra and the waistline of the underwear.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Preposition
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That is well below the roughly 44% who said the same about Trump, who is trying to calm recession anxieties after igniting a global trade war with U.S. allies and adversaries.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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The Madrid title is her second WTA 1,000 trophy — the level just below a Grand Slam — this year.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
Adjective
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And ultimately, the Supreme Court overruled those lower court rulings and did declare the embryos as children qualifying under the wrongful death statute.—
Dana Taylor,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2024
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Lower gas demand amid increasing supply has led to lower pump prices.—
Frank Witsil,
Detroit Free Press,
19 June 2023
Preposition
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Ford also builds the truck at Ohio Assembly Plant near Avon Lake.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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At least one person was killed during a vehicle crash involving an unreturned U-Haul rental van that struck multiple pedestrians and a police vehicle near the University of Delaware's campus Tuesday afternoon, police said.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Ultimately, Season 5 sees Joe behind bars and with his nether regions blown off by gunshot, with the majority of his remaining victims having survived his glass box, predatory cloying and delusional self-aggrandizement.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2025
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The scene came after season 3 kicked off with a glimpse of Schwarzenegger's nether regions in episode 1.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
Preposition
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With little evidence, officials called Villatoro Santos one of the top three MS-13 leaders in the country, responsible for overseeing gang operations along the East Coast.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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That year, the USDA partnered with Panama to build a sterile fly production facility that would be used to maintain a biological barrier along the Darién Gap at the border of Panama and Colombia.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2025
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“Underneath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underneath. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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