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Recent Examples of underneath
Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2025
Because it’s raised, there’s plenty of space underneath to stash boxes of extra linens and out-of-season clothes.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 8 May 2025
Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2025
Meanwhile Tesla has never even fully replaced a single car—even the Model S is still the same construction underneath as the version that launched in 2012.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 13 May 2025
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Adverb
Cibrian kept his look simple and wore a black suit with a black shirt underneath.
—Preposition
The current women’s United States champion grew up two rivers to the east in Queens, New York, but got her legs underneath her as a wrestler in the Garden State, specifically in Union City.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for underneath
Adverb
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Curated by Professor Jean Wainwright, this exhibition delves behind Warhol’s public persona to reveal the man beneath.—
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Most of those murals have long since faded away, exposing the stone foundations beneath.—
Adjective
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Complete any prep the under area needs—like removing existing weeds and shrubs or mowing grass—then lay the garden map back over the area and secure it with landscape staples.—
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The bra and underwear have set stones and drops at the under-bust of the bra and the waistline of the underwear.—
Preposition
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These factors intensified long-standing constraints on defense spending, which had failed to keep up with inflation for much of the 2000s and remained far below the NATO norm of 2% of annual gross domestic product.—
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The submission form and instructions are below the quiz.—
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.—
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Lower gas demand amid increasing supply has led to lower pump prices.—
Preposition
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Buckley then fled on foot, but shot himself with a handgun after Malvern police confronted him less than a half-mile to the north near Sand and Mt. Willow roads, the release states.—
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On the morning of Sunday, May 25, about 30 minutes before sunrise, a thin, waning crescent and bright Venus will be visible near the eastern horizon, according to EarthSky.—
Adjective
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The outfit put her rear end on full display, with a long fabric covering her nether regions.—
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Ultimately, Season 5 sees Joe behind bars and with his nether regions blown off by gunshot, with the majority of his remaining victims having survived his glass box, predatory cloying and delusional self-aggrandizement.—
Preposition
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State media reported on Friday that the damage to the warship was less than North Korea’s initial estimate, saying there were no holes in the hull, although it was scratched along the starboard side.—
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Battles have continued along the roughly 620-mile front line, where tens of thousands of soldiers have been killed, and neither country has relented in its deep strikes.—
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“Underneath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underneath. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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