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above

[uh-buhv] / əˈbʌv /


PREPOSITION
more, higher in amount, degree
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The strikingly lovely Ms. Aikens, meanwhile, exudes a worldliness far above Juliet’s barely 14 years, although her performance grows more pliant and nuanced as the lovers’ unhappy destiny looms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Options for nearly 83 million additional shares could push the total above $86 billion.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

No additional reduction in risk was observed above 120 minutes per week.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

"Irn-Bru doesn't have the budgets of some of the other bigger brands, so they have to have a different point of view and punch above their weight," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

Who would dust the human books above his bed?

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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