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Recent Examples of Synonyms for looking down (on)
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Then, investigators in neighboring Lake County reported that four people had been found dead from gunshot wounds in Tiptonville.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025 -
Still, unwinding this system was difficult in part because two neighboring districts, the Pulaski County Special School District and the North Little Rock School District, cooperated with one another to ensure their districts would remain majority white.—
Time,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Empress Tavern, the basement-level restaurant adjoining the theater which shut down during the pandemic, reopened this spring for private events and concerts hosted by a local nonprofit.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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By 1938, the Netherlands had a 1,170-mile main-road network, 866 miles of which had adjoining cycleways.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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The European leader is currently on a tour of the European Union’s nations bordering Russia and Belarus.—
Anders Hagstrom,
FOXNews.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Albania, a socialist country, is in the Balkans, bordering Greece, and has a long coastline along the Adriatic Sea facing Italy.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Looking down (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looking%20down%20%28on%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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