south of
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
compare north of
David WilsonExamples of south of in a Sentence
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Hernandez, 29, a contractor based in Franklin, about 20 miles south of Nashville, undertook the $380 project with furniture from HomeGoods after seeing his pet spend most of her life tucked away in a little corner.
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Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
5 July 2026
This is southeast of Garden City, about an hour drive south of downtown Kansas City.
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Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
5 July 2026
The transfer of 136 acres just south of the community of Westport will mark the first time land managed by the California Department of Transportation has been returned to Indigenous tribes.
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Alex Wigglesworth Los Angeles Times,
Arkansas Online,
5 July 2026
León This historic city south of the Cantabrian Mountains is bound to be one of the hotspots for the eclipse.
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Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
5 July 2026
The Aspen Acres Fire, which is burning south of Colorado Springs across Pueblo and Custer counties, has grown to more than 86,000 acres.
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Chandelis Duster,
NPR,
5 July 2026
Over the holiday weekend, more evacuations in Colorado were ordered across four counties where the Aspen Acres fire had burned about 136 square miles (352 square kilometers) south of Colorado Springs.
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Jessica Hill,
Los Angeles Times,
5 July 2026
July 7 – Prayers will be held at the Jamkaran Mosque in Qom, an important holy city about 150 kilometers south of Tehran.
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Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
4 July 2026
Mandatory evacuations are still active around the fire, including in the Turquoise Lake area, and Lake County officials ordered more evacuations south of the fire late Friday.
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Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
4 July 2026
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Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
5 July 2026
This is southeast of Garden City, about an hour drive south of downtown Kansas City.
—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
5 July 2026
The transfer of 136 acres just south of the community of Westport will mark the first time land managed by the California Department of Transportation has been returned to Indigenous tribes.
—
Alex Wigglesworth Los Angeles Times,
Arkansas Online,
5 July 2026
León This historic city south of the Cantabrian Mountains is bound to be one of the hotspots for the eclipse.
—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
5 July 2026
The Aspen Acres Fire, which is burning south of Colorado Springs across Pueblo and Custer counties, has grown to more than 86,000 acres.
—
Chandelis Duster,
NPR,
5 July 2026
Over the holiday weekend, more evacuations in Colorado were ordered across four counties where the Aspen Acres fire had burned about 136 square miles (352 square kilometers) south of Colorado Springs.
—
Jessica Hill,
Los Angeles Times,
5 July 2026
July 7 – Prayers will be held at the Jamkaran Mosque in Qom, an important holy city about 150 kilometers south of Tehran.
—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
4 July 2026
Mandatory evacuations are still active around the fire, including in the Turquoise Lake area, and Lake County officials ordered more evacuations south of the fire late Friday.
—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
4 July 2026
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“South of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/south%20of. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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