as in underground
being, situated, or operating beneath the surface of the earth
a vast belowground network of tunnels
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With funding from the Global Environment Facility, or GEF, the Djibouti government spent $150,000 digging a borehole to access underground water and another $100,000 fitting it with a solar pump that would fill a series of large concrete water tanks.—
Julie Bourdin,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026 -
The Pelham Boulevard reconstruction project will replace underground utilities, sidewalks, street surface, curbs, lighting and pedestrian ramps.—
Imani Cruzen,
Twin Cities,
10 Apr. 2026
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Take 25 Hours, in Long Island City, for example, which is freighted with a depressing ambience that is equal parts chemistry lab and subterranean grotto.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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With former members Barnard and Scott Tuma (who contributed those subterranean guitar textures to Souled’s ’90s albums) long gone from the lineup, Sanctions thrives on the singular chemistry between Grigoroff and Adducci.—
Zach Schonfeld,
Pitchfork,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Belowground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belowground. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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