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Recent Examples of beneath
Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
The Domain functions as an expansive outdoor classroom for environmental science courses as professors regularly decamp to hiking trails for their lectures and students learn the different shapes of the leaves while walking beneath them.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2025
Her boyfriend was in the tunnel beneath, under the mistaken idea that he was supposed to meet with a video crew.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
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Preposition
Children as young as pre-K ran for cover, dove beneath pews or clutched their classmates as teachers shielded them from the barrage, acting instinctively to protect them.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
The Domain functions as an expansive outdoor classroom for environmental science courses as professors regularly decamp to hiking trails for their lectures and students learn the different shapes of the leaves while walking beneath them.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
Adverb
With only Speed-specific badging to set it apart, the exterior looks too tame for what lies beneath.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2025
Her boyfriend was in the tunnel beneath, under the mistaken idea that he was supposed to meet with a video crew.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneath
Preposition
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Be sure to cover your head and neck with your arms, and crawl under a sturdy table if possible.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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One of the reasons Arsenal failed to challenge for the title last season is because of their bad start under Jonas Eidevall.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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According to the declaration, the fire originated underneath and to the left of Harris, who was unconscious and sitting in a folding plastic lawn chair with metal supports.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The big colt was runner-up to Skippylongstocking in the G2 Gold Cup at Santa Anita and could factor underneath at a price.—
Jared Welch,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Beneath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneath. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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