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Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
The study, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, analyzed sleep data from more than 70,000 users of an under-mattress sleep monitor that tracked OSA severity every day of the week.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The $80 Puma Arizona Sneakers are the best way to snag the look for under $100, and the vintage profile will instantly upgrade your outfits with minimal effort.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025
Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
The rate of lifetime depression among women has increased by over 40% in the last decade, yet periods like postpartum and perimenopause remain under-addressed in mainstream mental health care.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
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Preposition
The top junior player in the country leads with a score of 7-under, two strokes ahead of Nicholas Logis.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
The study, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, analyzed sleep data from more than 70,000 users of an under-mattress sleep monitor that tracked OSA severity every day of the week.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Adverb
Elsewhere in Ukraine, the Giant Ukrainian Radio Telescope in Kharkiv sustained significant damage in 2022 when the region was under Russian occupation.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The $80 Puma Arizona Sneakers are the best way to snag the look for under $100, and the vintage profile will instantly upgrade your outfits with minimal effort.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Budgeting shortfall As Superintendent Donn Mendoza explained it, the initial error occurred during last year’s budgeting process, with two areas — staff salaries and special education costs — being under-budgeted.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
The rate of lifetime depression among women has increased by over 40% in the last decade, yet periods like postpartum and perimenopause remain under-addressed in mainstream mental health care.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for under
Preposition
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The punchy liquid stays put and works nicely as underpaint for a glow beneath base makeup, or for stand-alone brightness in multidimensional shades like Starlite (rose gold with shimmer) and Good Vibes (deep fuchsia with pearlescent particles).—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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In another sign that Wisconsin maritime historians are in a golden period of discovery, a wooden schooner hidden beneath the depths of Lake Michigan for nearly 140 years has been found — with citizen scientists on board to share the excitement.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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But voicemails also have a blue dot next to the red phone number or name (along with text summarizing or transcribing the voicemail underneath if those settings are active).—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
17 Sep. 2025
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The external obliques run diagonally from your lower ribs down toward your opposite hip, while the internal obliques sit underneath with fibers running diagonally upward from your pelvis toward your ribs.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Jose Altuve has been a below-average hitter during this stretch, but Yankees fans would likely not feel relaxed with him in the batter's box in the postseason.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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Jose Altuve has been a below-average hitter during this stretch, but Yankees fans would likely not feel relaxed with him in the batter’s box in the postseason.—
Chris Kirschner,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 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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At least The Ladder reviewed lesbian pulp; nowhere outside of lesbian publications deemed them worth the low-grade pulp paper they were printed on.—
Trish Bendix
August 21,
Literary Hub,
21 Aug. 2025
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The first baseman is dealing with a low-grade sprain and inflammation in his right knee, the Yankees said after Tuesday’s 4-1 loss to the Minnesota Twins in the Bronx.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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One of the latest episode on his YouTube channel SciShow is all about knitting, and how science is elevating the lowly craft to a place of actual importance.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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A little lowly courier work, yes, but nothing more raffish than that.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Zeeman asked the woman to take the bottom end of the band and slowly tug it horizontally.—
Gregory Barber,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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The fact that the Bengals have constantly allowed the offensive line to be in the bottom quarter of pass protection is a glaring issue that needs to truly be addressed, or Burrow's career will continue to be wasted.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 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 18 Sep. 2025.
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