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Recent Examples of aboveground
Remember that the bulbs will be exposed to aboveground, freezing temperatures.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
Extending blast simulation to underground effects The team is extending VC BlastProtect, a 3D city-model simulation first developed under the SIRIUS project, which has modelled aboveground blast waves and the flight of bomb fragments while accounting for surrounding infrastructure.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
As the subterranean situation deteriorates, the deceptions Max’s and Ane’s parents have been weaving since their own teen years to protect their egos and easy lives unravel along with their lavish aboveground lifestyles.
—Judy Berman, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
But in 2007, Israeli intelligence serendipitously stumbled on evidence of a Syrian nuclear reactor—a miniature replica of North Korea’s Yongbyon facility—that was housed in a nondescript, aboveground complex in the hinterland near the Euphrates River.
—Vipin Narang, Foreign Affairs, 5 Sep. 2025
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
Extending blast simulation to underground effects The team is extending VC BlastProtect, a 3D city-model simulation first developed under the SIRIUS project, which has modelled aboveground blast waves and the flight of bomb fragments while accounting for surrounding infrastructure.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
As the subterranean situation deteriorates, the deceptions Max’s and Ane’s parents have been weaving since their own teen years to protect their egos and easy lives unravel along with their lavish aboveground lifestyles.
—Judy Berman, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
But in 2007, Israeli intelligence serendipitously stumbled on evidence of a Syrian nuclear reactor—a miniature replica of North Korea’s Yongbyon facility—that was housed in a nondescript, aboveground complex in the hinterland near the Euphrates River.
—Vipin Narang, Foreign Affairs, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aboveground
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And this sub-surface map of Antarctica would aid climate scientists in understanding how glaciers will move as the ice continues to melt under the threat of climate change.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Jan. 2026
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The proposal includes a tennis center with multi-surface courts, hotels, water polo facilities, retail, a wellness center and stadium to host soccer matches.—
Walker Armstrong,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Aboveground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aboveground. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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