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Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
The Knicks absorbed the Pistons’ best shots, then landed a flurry of haymakers spread throughout the fourth quarter to bury Detroit beneath an avalanche of buckets to open the series.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025
Victoria Corless, Space.com, 4 Apr. 2025
And its sculptural quality belies the mechanical wizardry ticking steadily beneath — a quality in keeping with the ethos of the brand’s late founder Roger Dubuis, who emerged as an independent breakout star in watchmaking in the ‘90s.
—Alex Doak, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
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Preposition
Rounded stones lay sprawled beneath vines, remnant of glacial erosion.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
The Knicks absorbed the Pistons’ best shots, then landed a flurry of haymakers spread throughout the fourth quarter to bury Detroit beneath an avalanche of buckets to open the series.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025
Adverb
Like earthquakes, ripples of gas on a star's surface — referred to as stellar quakes — offer clues about what lies beneath.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 4 Apr. 2025
And its sculptural quality belies the mechanical wizardry ticking steadily beneath — a quality in keeping with the ethos of the brand’s late founder Roger Dubuis, who emerged as an independent breakout star in watchmaking in the ‘90s.
—Alex Doak, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneath
Preposition
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Only cardinals under the age of 80 are permitted to vote.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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The Jayhawks, under the direction of first-year coach Matt Ulmer, will play host to Kansas State on Friday, Oct. 24, in the 15,300-seat basketball venue.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
22 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Yet there was an ideological war burbling underneath, all revolving around the question of what government exists to do.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2025
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Cut a small hole in the fabric, and dig into the soil underneath to plant.—
Andrea Beck,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Beneath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneath. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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