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Recent Examples of underneath
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026
The bold color pattern is the enticement for what’s underneath.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026
R.j. Coyle, Dallas Morning News, 10 Apr. 2026
Caulk cracks and gaps around doors, windows, utility pipes, and chimneys, and add weather stripping around doors to keep them from squeezing underneath them.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
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Adverb
Get into the creases and seams, pull out the cushions and vacuum underneath and between them.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026
The bold color pattern is the enticement for what’s underneath.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026
Preposition
Heiskanen appeared to get sandwiched in between Hartman and the boards before going down in a heap and possibly getting his knee tangled up underneath him.
—R.j. Coyle, Dallas Morning News, 10 Apr. 2026
Caulk cracks and gaps around doors, windows, utility pipes, and chimneys, and add weather stripping around doors to keep them from squeezing underneath them.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underneath
Adverb
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The Sheer Maxi Dress Consider this Chanel dress, embroidered with floral appliqués that distract the eye from the body beneath, as proof that nearly sheer dresses needn’t amount to impropriety.—
Chloé Versabeau,
Vogue,
12 Apr. 2026
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The concrete cap of a tomb encasing radioactive fallout now has cracks, and what’s beneath can rise from the dead.—
Devika Rao,
TheWeek,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Tyrell Hatton is in the clubhouse sitting at 10-under, hoping his final day charge is good enough to earn a spot in a playoff or, improbably, an outright win.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2026
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The questions are valid — middle-of-field volume, under-center experience, and whether his game has enough improv juice when structure collapses — but the résumé is too strong to shrug off.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
Preposition
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But Loma says that with a new statewide recycling program starting in June, some of those landfills may fall below the threshold.—
Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Like many below-the-line Hollywood professionals, Motta and Brockton opted to relocate, buying a home in Slidell, on the north side of Lake Pontchartrain, in 2011.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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
Preposition
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The 60-year-old was anxious at the onset of the spring planting season, rattling off the long list of issues affecting his family’s livelihood at their 2,000-acre farm near Wahoo, Nebraska.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Few details have been released, but Miami police told CBS News Miami that shortly before midnight, officers received a ShotSpotter alert near the main stage in the area of Northeast 2nd Avenue and 62nd Street.—
Steven Yablonski,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In the first episode back, Cranston stands completely nude as Kaczmarek’s Lois shaves his back and nether regions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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But that’s exactly what’s happening, as more men are having neuromodulators injected into their nether regions.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
6 Mar. 2026
Preposition
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However, South Elgin welcomes any group interested in temporarily adopting a park to clean up debris along the river’s edge once the waters recede.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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Coroner data shows four pedestrians have been hit and killed by cars along Stockton Boulevard in just the last six months.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Underneath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underneath. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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