as in underworld
a social sphere that exists outside of the mainstream a report on the demiworld of drug addiction

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Noun
  • Host Ari Daniel speaks with Smithsonian contributing writer Tony Perrottet, who wrote recently about Rome’s underworld—the city lurking beneath the city.
    Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2025
  • Jason—her partner—comes off as more laid-back but equally entrenched in the criminal underworld.
    Tahar Rajab, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025
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  • The agreement with the UK also gives other world leaders a reason to hope that other deals can rescue the global economy from the abyss, providing a framework for future negotiations.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
  • With deep-sea mining looming, biologists race to collect and name the undiscovered species of the abyss, the last wilderness on earth.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 May 2025
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“Demiworld.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demiworld. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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