on the surface
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On a flat surface, that path is simply a straight line.
From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026
Early Renaissance sculptors went to school on works like this, learning from them how to tell a complex story on a flat surface within a circumscribed area.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025
Firefighters and safety managers from the Electrical Safety First charity say you should place your heater on a flat surface to ensure it will not fall over.
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2025
At the edge of a precipice, a flat surface formed a small helipad.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2024
He was mesmerized by what the man did next, which was to apply the colored goo onto the flat surface of the canvas.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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