south of
idiomatic phrase
of a number or value
: less than
Other than crafty Chicago White Sox lefty Dallas Keuchel, no other starter with a strikeout percentage as low as Wheeler had an ERA south of 4.00 in 2020.—
Joe Giglio
Joe Giglio… the wine list could use a few more bargains; I counted only a handful of bottles costing south of $60.—Scott Mowbray
Scott MowbrayThe North Carolina Tar Heels' star quarterback, who averaged more than 300 yards per game and completed nearly 70 percent of his passes in the regular season, went into the fourth quarter of the 2021 Orange Bowl with only 128 passing yards and a completion percentage south of 60.—David Wilson
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And Crypto Price Sell-Off The school is located in the rural town of Biloela about 9 miles south of the Callide Basin.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
The incident occurred only about 15 miles south of the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Siletz is located along Oregon’s coast, about 130 miles south of Portland.
—Devyn Byers, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
In a post on X, the DEA New England division said its agents assisted ICE and ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston with the arrests on the idyllic and posh summer vacation destination island situated 30 miles south of Cape Cod.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
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Leslie Katz, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
The incident occurred only about 15 miles south of the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Siletz is located along Oregon’s coast, about 130 miles south of Portland.
—Devyn Byers, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
In a post on X, the DEA New England division said its agents assisted ICE and ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston with the arrests on the idyllic and posh summer vacation destination island situated 30 miles south of Cape Cod.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
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“South of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/south%20of. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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