as in abyss
a social sphere that exists outside of the mainstream
a magazine article taking an insightful look at the underworld inhabited by street people
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Recent Examples of underworld
Paige Mahoney is one such clairvoyant, a dreamwalker, and is highly ranked in the criminal underworld.
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Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
But what made the best-selling crime writer break away from his distinctively realistic vision of Stockholm’s underworld to tap into sci-fi?
—Annika Pham, Variety, 29 Jan. 2025
Farrell played Oswald Cobb under layers of prosthetics, which didn’t stop him from delivering a surprisingly heartbreaking performance as Oz ascended to the top of Gotham’s criminal underworld, at great cost.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
Jabba’s death at the hands of Princess Leia has left a power vacuum in the criminal underworld once ruled over by the powerful Hutt cartel.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
But what made the best-selling crime writer break away from his distinctively realistic vision of Stockholm’s underworld to tap into sci-fi?
—Annika Pham, Variety, 29 Jan. 2025
Farrell played Oswald Cobb under layers of prosthetics, which didn’t stop him from delivering a surprisingly heartbreaking performance as Oz ascended to the top of Gotham’s criminal underworld, at great cost.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
Jabba’s death at the hands of Princess Leia has left a power vacuum in the criminal underworld once ruled over by the powerful Hutt cartel.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underworld
Noun
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With 60 minutes of run time remaining, the film has no choice but to slink into the abyss to die.—
Graham Hillard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Feb. 2025
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In March 2020, the U.S. economy seemed to be spiraling into an abyss.—
John Jennings,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Great vacations exist in a temporal netherworld, unmoored from the reality of daily life.—
Sofia Perez,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Jan. 2025
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The same netherworld where Julien enjoyed torturing Cortland during his statue days.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Courtesy Kellie Carlson And the attack has left no fear of the ocean's depths.—
Morgan Chesky,
NBC News,
31 Dec. 2024
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Found in depths ranging from 600 to 6,000 feet, this predator thrives in the twilight and midnight zones, where sunlight is as scarce as food.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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The gumshoe’s exploits, punctuated with suspense, dark comedy and a motley cast unique to the demimonde of the Mexican capital, have been made into films and a Netflix series and translated into English and other languages.—
Patrick J. McDonnell,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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Should their conditions worsen or improve, the end result is the same – promising an instant and irrevocable erasure of this demimonde forged from slumber.—
Ben Croll,
IndieWire,
12 Sep. 2024
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“Underworld.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underworld. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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