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Recent Examples of underneath
Catherine Santino, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
The difference between wearing a coat alone and a coat with this fleece underneath was huge.
—Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2025
Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
Authorities later found the vehicle with the woman restrained underneath the rear folding seats in her car floorboard, police said.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025
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Adverb
The former supermodel wore a black corset-style bodysuit underneath.
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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley sparkled in a black sequin gown at the Le Grand Dîner du Louvre in Paris.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
The difference between wearing a coat alone and a coat with this fleece underneath was huge.
—Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2025
Preposition
His conversational style in interviews is pensive and soft-spoken, almost professorial, which hooked up to the note of insistence just underneath the angel-cake vocal beauty.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
Authorities later found the vehicle with the woman restrained underneath the rear folding seats in her car floorboard, police said.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underneath
Adverb
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Its purpose is to peel back the 6.5-million-cubic-mile (27-million-km³) ice cap to reveal the bedrock beneath.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
13 Mar. 2025
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The ground was thin, with clods of turf washed away by recent rain, and the dark soil beneath had pushed its way to the surface once again.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Two stars on the under, but prop players remember: Emeka Egbuka (+155 for a touchdown) gets the ball in big spots for Ohio State.—
Jon Greenberg,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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Best Day’s beers fit into the under 0.5% category, but certainly sit well in the craft brewing category as well.—
Jeff Burkhart,
The Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2025
Preposition
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The numbers started to climb again after 2010 but remain below the 1982 peak.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
17 Mar. 2025
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Four of those have come against teams currently six-plus games below .500 — Utah, Chicago, Washington and Phoenix.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
17 Mar. 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
Preposition
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Finding the right formula while the side is near the bottom is not easy.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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By landing near the south pole, Athena returned valuable data and imagery to NASA about unexplored vistas.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The scene came after season 3 kicked off with a glimpse of Schwarzenegger's nether regions in episode 1.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Both a yeast infection and BV are the result of an overgrowth of certain microbes in your nether regions.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
27 Feb. 2025
Preposition
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Ranunculus flowers, also known as Persian buttercups, are native to Turkey but have been grown along the northern San Diego County coast for at least 90 years, Times reporter Christopher Reynolds wrote.—
Kevinisha Walker,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2025
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In addition to tagging along for the film's premiere, Brisket has also been seen all over Powell's Instagram doing everything from wearing matching cowboy hats to riding along in a shoulder sling and even appearing in thirst traps alongside his shirtless dad.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
People.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Underneath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underneath. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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