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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
Access the park by snorkeling or diving, or via a glass-bottom boat, before heading to the offshoot site in neighboring Carriacou, hidden among the reefs of an island renowned for its treasures beneath the surface.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 6 Jan. 2026
Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Blood orange and saffron ignite the air, myrrh smolders beneath, and the woods hum with market heat.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
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Preposition
Additional evidence at the Hora 1 site found beneath the ash mound shows that 700 years before the cremation, large fires were set in the same location.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
Access the park by snorkeling or diving, or via a glass-bottom boat, before heading to the offshoot site in neighboring Carriacou, hidden among the reefs of an island renowned for its treasures beneath the surface.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 6 Jan. 2026
Adverb
The model generated the email directly in Japanese and included an English gloss beneath.
—Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Blood orange and saffron ignite the air, myrrh smolders beneath, and the woods hum with market heat.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 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,
9 Jan. 2026
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Although self-described as more of a defensive player, the 6-foot-2 point guard was still expected to take the torch from graduating assist-machine Alvaro Cardenas and continue a tradition of team-leading floor generals under head coach Leon Rice.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
9 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The team moves on, unaware that the math underneath is wrong.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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For the visit to the Charing Cross Hospital on Thursday, the future queen re-wore a burgundy Roland Mouret pantsuit, styled this time with a coordinating ME+EM shirt underneath, as opposed to the white and pink colorways she’s styled under the suit in the past.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Beneath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneath. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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