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Recent Examples of under-the-counter
By night, his father would lend him his binoculars to spy on women through their windows, filling in any gaps in his anatomical understanding with whatever under-the-counter girly magazines had managed to wiggle through Italy’s draconian censorship.
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Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024
Filtering your water If PFAS levels are concerning, consumers can purchase an under-the-counter water filter for their tap.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
Have a variety — an overhead light; warm-toned, under-the-counter LED task strips.
—Kim Cook, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024
Filtering your water If PFAS levels are concerning, consumers can purchase an under-the-counter water filter for their tap.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
Have a variety — an overhead light; warm-toned, under-the-counter LED task strips.
—Kim Cook, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for under-the-counter
Adjective
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Garcia transmitted the cash in four installments and charged an under-the-table fee of $50 for each wire.—
Jason Green,
The Mercury News,
18 Jan. 2025
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The corruption trial kicked off in 2020, with prosecutors accusing Netanyahu of exchanging regulatory favors for positive press coverage in under-the-table dealings with media moguls.—
Anders Hagstrom,
Fox News,
29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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But earlier last week, Judge Moss had expressed skepticism that the students behind the lawsuit had standing to sue, since the extent to which they may have been harmed by any unauthorized access to their data remained unclear.—
Zach Montague,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Change default passwords: Make sure to change the default passwords on all devices that control or access your network. Activate the firewall: This helps block unauthorized traffic and protects against potential threats.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
17 Feb. 2025
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Prescription drugs sold online or by unlicensed dealers marketed as OxyContin, Vicodin and Xanax are often laced with fentanyl.—
Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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However, months later, many unlicensed pharmacies purporting to sell pharmaceutical drugs to unwitting customers are still thriving despite the efforts by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to stop them.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Under-the-counter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/under-the-counter. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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