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above

[uh-buhv] / əˈbʌv /


PREPOSITION
more, higher in amount, degree
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Above all, they walk, from one place to another.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

Stick Figure’s “Angels Above Me” went viral as an uncredited AI bootleg, “Run Run River.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

Above $440 or so, investors fully participate in the upside in Alphabet stock.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Above my grave, a granite headstone, measuring six feet by three feet, will be erected.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

Above all I could not put it together with the kindly behavior of the nurses.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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