as in aquatic
living, lying, or occurring below the surface of the water
underwater plants don't require as much light to grow as surface plants a vessel designed for underwater exploration
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Recent Examples of underwater
However, in our new dataset of Trump issue polls, average support for his agenda is 7 points underwater, with just 38 percent supporting his policies and executive orders and 46 percent opposing them.
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G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article President Trump’s approval rating is underwater by 4% as Democrats and independent voters sour on his second term performance, a new poll revealed Wednesday.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
The incident took place Tuesday morning local time as a plane belonging to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources was flying what Philippine officials said was a routine low-altitude patrol over the Scarborough Shoal, an atoll that is mostly underwater but is rich in fish stocks.
—Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2025
This park offers plenty opportunities for no-swim manatee sightings, from the boardwalk over Pepper Creek to an underwater observation bubble.
—Valerie Rains, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2025
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G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article President Trump’s approval rating is underwater by 4% as Democrats and independent voters sour on his second term performance, a new poll revealed Wednesday.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
The incident took place Tuesday morning local time as a plane belonging to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources was flying what Philippine officials said was a routine low-altitude patrol over the Scarborough Shoal, an atoll that is mostly underwater but is rich in fish stocks.
—Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2025
This park offers plenty opportunities for no-swim manatee sightings, from the boardwalk over Pepper Creek to an underwater observation bubble.
—Valerie Rains, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underwater
Adjective
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But the author points out that, in his book, Reacher ditched even the black undies during his daring aquatic escape.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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The metropolis was populated by the aquatic descendants of pregnant African women who had been forced onto slave ships.—
Annalise Frank,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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It is expected the Chinese submarine force to grow to 65 boats by 2025 and 80 by 2035 because of an expansion of submarine construction capacity.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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Deep Blue Sea—Learn about our oceans while on submarine Sea Lab Alpha with underwater explorers Marina and Reef.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
6 Dec. 2024
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Colin Grant Hiding in the Front Room The BBC series Mr Loverman, about a closeted West Indian grandfather and his family, explores the submerged emotional lives of the Windrush generation in Britain.—
The New York Review of Books,
The New York Review of Books,
21 Feb. 2025
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Authorities have confirmed that the remains found in a submerged car in a Utah reservoir belong to a man who disappeared more than 20 years ago.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Underwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underwater. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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