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Recent Examples of beneath
Dana Taylor, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
Rip currents won't pull you beneath the water's surface.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2025
Andrew Berardini, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2025
The ‘velvet’ – the soft skin that covered them during their growth – has rubbed off, exposing the bone beneath.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Preposition
Hit play on the player below to hear the podcast and follow along with the transcript beneath it.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
Rip currents won't pull you beneath the water's surface.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2025
Adverb
Another hand, from a world outside the picture, rips this scene as if its reality were made of paper, revealing blank whiteness beneath.
—Andrew Berardini, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2025
The ‘velvet’ – the soft skin that covered them during their growth – has rubbed off, exposing the bone beneath.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneath
Preposition
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Even Manchester City’s average number of passes per game has fallen from 688 in 2017-18, their record-breaking first title-winning campaign under Guardiola, to 496 this season.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Federline suggests in the book that the children had reason to be afraid of staying with Spears, who was placed under a conservatorship after the psychiatric hold.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The cinnamon adds warmth without overpowering, and the black tea underneath gives it just enough bite to keep things from getting too sweet.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Oct. 2025
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Even underneath, the wide PTFE feet give the MX Master 4 a smoother, more effortless glide than its predecessor.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Beneath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneath. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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