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surface

adjective as in external

verb as in come to the top of

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China has the world’s largest navy, with more than 370 surface ships and submarines, according to Pentagon estimates, though the U.S. still operates the most aircraft carriers of any country.

On the surface, it purports to show a link between the rise of artificial intelligence and the increasingly precarious state of the U.S. labor market.

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Frank Powers slipped into a secret world, a hidden layer beneath the surface of everyday life.

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Roz charged over to the young otter as fast as she could go, but beneath the surface the seabed was covered in slick stones, and she kept sliding and stumbling and slipping!

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But as M&T Bank’s Tilley pointed out, signs of weakness could be seen under the surface.

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

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