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surface

adjective as in external

verb as in come to the top of

Strong matches

Weak match

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“The economy looks on the surface like it’s doing OK, but if you really talk to people, that’s where the struggle is.”

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That quality did surface, but primarily in the chamber-music program presented Friday at Zankel Hall, the more intimate space beneath Carnegie’s historic auditorium.

On the surface, that is fine and well.

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Growing up to 40cm, it has large eyes and a glowing belly, and was found more than 600m below the ocean's surface.

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Its surface would lie even further from the asteroid belt, meaning all of us including planet Mars would be in the belly of the red beast.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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