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above

[uh-buhv] / əˈbʌv /


PREPOSITION
more, higher in amount, degree
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Inflation was 2.9 percent in December, according to the Fed's preferred gauge, above the bank's long-term target of two percent.

From Barron's

Samuel Johnson’s “Dictionary of the English Language,” published in 1755, applied the term fashionable to people above the “vulgar” and below “nobility,” a very subjective space.

From The Wall Street Journal

To solve this problem, the researchers introduced a precisely engineered insulating layer above the optical antenna.

From Science Daily

“On the other hand, the bulls will be pushing for a break above $90.”

From Barron's

Bitcoin must hold above $70,000 on any future pullback to build on those gains, one analyst said.

From The Wall Street Journal