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above

preposition as in higher in position

preposition as in more, higher in amount, degree

Strongest match

Strong match

preposition as in superior to

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November has so far been exceptionally mild with temperatures 3-6C above average.

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Within a few weeks, her collar showed she had traveled 90 miles, a grizzly commute across four freeways and into the Santa Monica Mountains above Malibu where bears had rarely been seen.

The miner has guided for a 2025 minimum dividend of $225 million but it is likely to be materially above this, he writes.

However, the bank has said that the bar to taking rates into negative territory is higher than lowering them when the interest rate is above zero.

To estimate each animal's size, the researchers also used a drone positioned 25m above the whales as they swam.

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

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