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Recent Examples of under
Madison Yauger, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
For those who don’t love the look of canvas storage bins and wardrobe boxes, look for an under-bed storage set.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2025
JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
But any agreement reached will be just one touchstone in a thorny and volatile great power rivalry between the world’s superpower democracy and an authoritarian China, whose growing military assertiveness under Xi in the East and South China Seas is rattling US allies in the region.
—Betsy Klein, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Tania Navarro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
Proctor’s even sorrier now because so many malls have been going under.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
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Preposition
Or consider shortening your get-ready time in the morning with our preferred hot air brush and the sheer concealer that brightens under-eyes.
—Madison Yauger, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
For those who don’t love the look of canvas storage bins and wardrobe boxes, look for an under-bed storage set.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2025
Adverb
The 1949 Abducted Persons (Recovery and Restoration) Act provides the framework by which Lajo’s husband and brother return from India to get her; under that edict, India and Pakistan agreed to exchange abducted women.
—JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
But any agreement reached will be just one touchstone in a thorny and volatile great power rivalry between the world’s superpower democracy and an authoritarian China, whose growing military assertiveness under Xi in the East and South China Seas is rattling US allies in the region.
—Betsy Klein, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
In a city like Tijuana, where law enforcement is already under-resourced and outgunned, this new aerial threat tilts the balance even further toward the cartels.
—Tania Navarro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
Proctor’s even sorrier now because so many malls have been going under.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for under
Preposition
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As ever, beneath the bombast, the true picture is more nuanced.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Farmers are bringing back cabruca, a traditional system where cocoa trees grow beneath a canopy of native species.—
Kaveh Zahedi,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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There are rare instances, like the sack All-Pro pass rusher Myles Garrett recorded on him two weeks ago, when Paul tried to pass Garrett off to rookie left guard Jonah Savaiinaea, and Garrett slipped his block, going underneath both to sack Tua Tagovailoa.—
Omar Kelly
October 29,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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The concept is a console user interface for straightforward play, with Windows available underneath for broader software support, additional storefronts and a wider range of game types.—
Alex Harrington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The experts shared the below strategies for slowing down immune system aging.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Pro Football Focus ranks Clark as a below-average interior defender in 2025 -- 68th out of 128 players who have seen enough snaps to qualify at the position.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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And ultimately, the Supreme Court overruled those lower court rulings and did declare the embryos as children qualifying under the wrongful death statute.—
Dana Taylor,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2024
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Lower gas demand amid increasing supply has led to lower pump prices.—
Frank Witsil,
Detroit Free Press,
19 June 2023
Adjective
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The team will be without star quarterback Jayden Daniels, who is out with a low-grade hamstring strain.—
Mark Kern,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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His first symptoms manifested in low-grade fevers and transient abnormal myelopoiesis (TAM), a rash that affects some infants with Down syndrome, per the National Cancer Institute.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The members of each faction, from the lowliest grunt to the top of the chain, are framed to be completely committed to their group’s cause.—
Jason Fanelli,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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According to multiple reports, including one from USA Today insider Bob Nightengale, the Braves on Tuesday signed on a minor-league deal with catcher Austin Nola, a six-year major league veteran who appeared in 14 games for the lowly Colorado Rockies this past season.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Theories range from the Fitzgerald striking a shoal and suffering bottom damage to flooding through the freighter's hatch covers, which filled the ship with water and sank it, to rogue waves, to structural flaws in the ship that the 1975 storm made deadly.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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The progressive Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy found last year that California families in the bottom 80% of the income scale — those having annual incomes of $145,900 or less — have overall tax rates near the national average.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Sauls confirms the hacksaw kill — where Art sawed someone in half from her nether regions — will appear, along with new kills that resulted from working with director Damien Leone.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Glycerin is a sugar alcohol that can serve as fuel for the microbes in your nether regions, in particular yeast.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
3 June 2025
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“Under.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/under. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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