surface
Example Sentences
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Unlike traditional handles that stick out on the door surface and can always be grasped by hand, the retractable handle sinks into the door and isn’t graspable in its default position.
Ratner’s name also surfaces in a number of emails contained in the released files in which Epstein discusses his attempts to connect with the director and descriptions in which their social circles overlap.
From Los Angeles Times
An ocean teeming with sea life, from tiny coral polyps to massive whales to birds skimming the surface of the waves.
From Literature
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Far underneath the surface of the earth, rock tore away from rock as a giant slab of the earth’s crust wrested free from its trap.
From Literature
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The team behind NASA's six-wheeled Mars explorer tested a vision-enabled artificial intelligence system to map a safe route across the Martian surface without relying on human route planners.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.