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Kendra Vaculin, Bon Appétit, 16 Dec. 2024
The seashore and the land beneath the water are a checkerboard of ownership.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2024
One of the reasons Western philosophers from antiquity to the present extol Socrates is his method of incisively asking question after question to peel away the trappings of a seemingly good answer, only to expose the flimsy dogmas hiding beneath.
—Matt Butcher, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
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Preposition
Or use the brine from the jar to marinate chicken, which stays tender and juicy beneath a pan sauce made from whole capers and butter.
—Kendra Vaculin, Bon Appétit, 16 Dec. 2024
The seashore and the land beneath the water are a checkerboard of ownership.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Adverb
There’s Dancing Pumpkin (2020), a 16-foot-tall bronze sculpture that guests are encouraged to dance beneath.
—Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2024
One of the reasons Western philosophers from antiquity to the present extol Socrates is his method of incisively asking question after question to peel away the trappings of a seemingly good answer, only to expose the flimsy dogmas hiding beneath.
—Matt Butcher, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Beneath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneath. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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