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underneath

[uhn-der-neeth, -neeth] / ˌʌn dərˈniθ, -ˈnið /




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Call it the phantom month: a measured number on top of the fraction and a modeled one underneath.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

"He was sweating, it was like rubbing off, so it was darker underneath and darker on the neck," she told his trial.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

The vehicle, which does, underneath all those angles, feature a truck bed with a motorized cover, was almost immediately labeled a colossal blunder.

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2026

“The economy is performing strongly but underneath, there are big challenges ahead,” said Karnit Flug, a former governor of the Bank of Israel and now a senior fellow at the Jerusalem-based Israel Democracy Institute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

It was just the tiniest edge of the leaf that had shriveled and curled under, but it was enough to see that the stem underneath was soft and pulpy.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff


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