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underwater

[uhn-der-waw-ter, -wot-er] / ˈʌn dərˈwɔ tər, -ˈwɒt ər /
ADJECTIVE
under the water's surface
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Led by Lamont scientist Suzanne Carbotte, with co-author Anne Bécel, the team sent sound waves into the seafloor and captured their echoes using a 15-kilometer-long array of underwater sensors.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

A healthy otter population helps keep those underwater forests intact.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

The share of trade-ins that are underwater is now at a five-year high as used-car values have cooled from their postpandemic highs, according to research from the car-buying site Edmunds.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

But the average amount Americans are underwater has skyrocketed, Edmunds said, as buyers try to unload cars bought during the pandemic at high prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Nuclear-powered subs could have hidden deep underwater for long periods of time—but the navy was still redesigning its nuclear subs.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin