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below

[bih-loh] / bɪˈloʊ /
ADVERB
lower
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PREPOSITION
lower
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PREPOSITION
less than; beneath
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Following the hottest and one of the driest summers on record, rainfall continued to be below average through September.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The orangutan clings to the top of a mostly leafless tree in Indonesia's Borneo, as waves of thick smoke from the forest fires burning below waft over her.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Tech giants gave back some of their recent gains after a Financial Times report that OpenAI’s annual revenue is running about $20 billion below earlier estimates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

For the richest 20%, that same number is below 5%.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

It was still connected to the ring of plastic below it.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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