Adverb The pencil rolled off the desk and fell to the floor below. The pilot looked down at the sea far below. We heard the elevator stop at the floor below. They secured the goods on deck and went below. All personnel, captain and below, were ordered to report for duty. Preposition Our apartment is below theirs. We could see only clouds below us. The diver descended below 25 meters. The sun disappeared below the horizon. a spot directly below us the valley far below us Temperatures were below average all week. She worked for wage rates below those of other workers. He ranks far below his superior. See More
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The National Blend of Models forecast below is toasty, but it’s on the cool side compared with some modeling that pushes the area to the mid-90s or so in the middle of next week. Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022 Scroll below to shop every winner, then see our full list of 2022 Best of Beauty winners. Allure Editors, Allure, 13 Sep. 2022 The table below is best viewed on a desktop or laptop. Trisha Powell Crain | Tcrain@al.com, al, 13 Sep. 2022 Footage of Kimmel getting dragged offstage, which was not shown on TV, is below. Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2022 WSU Cougars football game live for FREE with DirecTV Stream (free trial) or with fuboTV (free trial), or see our live updates and more streaming and TV options for this game provided below. Tim Brown | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2022 Down below are the final picks for who will win, could win and should win ahead of Monday’s ceremony. Clayton Davis, Variety, 8 Sep. 2022 So, below, be sure to check back and refresh to see what all your favorite stars are wearing in the front rows. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2022 Today, after a 2,200-foot hike up Ceahlau Mountain in Romania, a trail of wooden carcasses is visible below, a scar across one of Europe’s last old-growth forests where 200-year-old trees once stood. Sarah Hurtes, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2022
Preposition
Officials are desperate to reverse a declining birth rate that has fallen below the level necessary merely to hold the current population steady at 84 million. Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022 In February, the number of manufacturing jobs sat at 560,000, below the same level a year earlier. Nikolas Lanum, Fox News, 13 Sep. 2022 Kemp said his program would be targeted only to 44,000 fourth-graders who are reading below grade level. Jeff Amy, ajc, 12 Sep. 2022 This time around, home prices are falling despite inventory levels still sitting 41.5% below pre-pandemic levels. Lance Lambert, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2022 The Los Angeles program, funded primarily by the city, benefits 3,200 people who have at least one child, as well as an annual income below the federal poverty level. Kurtis Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2022 About 26% of its 17 million people live below sea level and the country has spent billions of dollars to build a system of dams, levees and storm surge barriers. Juan A. Lozano, Chron, 10 Sep. 2022 Academic data released this week from Prince George’s County Public Schools showed most students in the county are testing below grade level and not meeting expectations in math and English/language arts. Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 The national average annual percentage yield on a one-year certificate of deposit, for example, was around 0.65% at the end of August, still well below the 1% level seen as recently as 2019, according to Bankrate.com. Telis Demos, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
Noun
All of the below is said with love and respectfully. Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 7 Sep. 2022 All of the below is correct as of press time but subject to change by Riot Fest. Britt Julious, chicagotribune.com, 15 Sep. 2021 All of the below is correct as of press time but subject to change by Lollapalooza. Doug George, chicagotribune.com, 27 July 2021 Each of the below is a deep dive look at an entrepreneur who reached the top of their field, albeit through different means and motivations. Grant Powell, Forbes, 24 May 2021 There is more on this upcoming storm - and its potential impacts on the Northeast later this weekend into next week - below.Star Tribune, 29 Jan. 2021 Up there, the faint noises of traffic below were not too loud, but not too quiet either. Matt Jancer, Wired, 27 May 2020 The two-minute clip below is enough to prove that the singer/actress is as talented as ever. Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 6 Apr. 2020 People had so many thoughts, and the below are just a few. Katherine J Igoe, Marie Claire, 2 Mar. 2020
Adjective
Though the book is filled with plenty of humorous anecdotes, its most poignant moments come in excerpts like the below, during which Nelson, in a particularly rough patch in his career, attempts suicide. Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2022 Set him up for Father’s day with the below gift suggestions, some of which are made for riding, others for stepping out and some for practicality. Josh Max, Forbes, 9 June 2022 The below conversation has been edited for clarity. Steve Larese, Outside Online, 30 Aug. 2022 Anyone wondering if Mitchell still has the ability to perform her songs will get their answer in the below clip. Christian Holub, EW.com, 25 July 2022 The below chart is tracking the 5-wave move from the 2012 low. Beth Kindig, Forbes, 24 June 2022 Try one of the below polishes for a summer pedi on a par with Kendall’s. Hannah Coates, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2022 Each of the below items was bundled in Other Income on Illumina’s income statement. David Trainer, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022 The below questions were published in a 1988 article. Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 7 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Adverb
Middle English bilooghe, from bi by + looghe low, adjective