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as in beneath
in a lower position than for the photo she sat below everyone else, on the floor actually

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as in after
subsequent to in time or order that ranks a little below a root canal on my list of things I'd want to experience

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below

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adverb

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as in underneath
in or to a lower place the skipper climbed below to fix the engine

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as in down
toward or in a lower position when rock climbing I just know that if I look below, I'll become paralyzed with fear

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below

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adjective

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Preposition
The congestion pricing plan, which launched on Jan. 5, charges passenger vehicles $9 to access Manhattan below 60th Street during peak hours as part of an effort to ease congestion and raise funds for the city's public transit system. Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 27 May 2025 The trailer was attached to a dual-axle car hauler being pulled by a Ford F-150 pick-up truck, and was driving at or below 5 miles an hour at the time, the sheriff said. Brian Dakss, CBS News, 27 May 2025
Adverb
Quad 4 is considered the weakest tier of teams with Q1 being the best teams and Q2 being a tier below. Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 May 2025 Check out the list below to see what's open and closed on Monday. Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 26 May 2025
Adjective
The below animation shows those April 28 flights — identified by Flightradar24 as likely being controlled by Newark — during the 90 minutes after the system failure that began at around 1:30 p.m. ET. Matt Stiles, CNN Money, 11 May 2025 To find the softest mattress possible for every personal preference, our team caught countless hours of sleep and kept the below factors in mind. Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for below
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Preposition
  • Grande appears as Fineman's reflection in the mirror, as both are draped in fluffy pink robes and beneath a pile of blonde hair.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 28 May 2025
  • The wounded included four children, one of whom had been trapped beneath the vehicle with three adults.
    Kwiyeon Ha, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
Preposition
  • But a baseball team’s fortunes can change relatively quickly, and heading into the four-game series this week at Rate Field, the Tigers had the best record in baseball at 39-21, while the Sox were on pace to lose 113 games, after their record-setting 121-loss season of 2024.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
  • The result is the worst-case scenario for Tusk’s government, which was elected after eight toxic years in Polish politics but which has labored in recent months to deliver on its ambitious agenda.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 2 June 2025
Adverb
  • In the video, the tabby kitten can be seen lying down near the closet door, pretending to have his paw stuck underneath to get his mom to open it for him.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
  • Put on your favorite T-shirt or tank top underneath and head out the door.
    Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 27 May 2025
Adverb
  • Chris sits back down in his chair, his arm now around a 1976 bicentennial Gibson Firebird that Tom Petty used to play a month of shows at The Fillmore in the ’90s.
    Josh Brolin, Billboard, 29 May 2025
  • That City win — PSG’s first comeback from 2-0 down since May 2012, and their only ever in the Champions League — was a coming-of-age performance.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Lower gas demand amid increasing supply has led to lower pump prices.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2023
Preposition
  • At odds with everything we’re supposed to believe about football under Postecoglou, Tottenham’s Europa League triumph was built on the defenders.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 28 May 2025
  • Michael tried to swim out to the kayak to help his friends, but disappeared under the water and did not resurface.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
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  • But what’s not transparent is the driving force behind the bill: Zillow.
    Mike Golden, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
  • What makes this rollout notable isn’t just the tech, but the cross-functional coordination behind it as well as a commitment to real results.
    Tor Constantino, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Adjective
  • As with several others, this photo again shows the 10mm gap between the bottom panel’s 2.5-inch drive mounts and the underside of the front fan’s air guide.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 31 May 2025
  • Things began to get chippy in the bottom half of the fifth after OSU’s Trent Caraway stared Sloan down after drawing a two-out walk.
    Alyssa Cooper, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 May 2025

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