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How to use the word above in a Sentence? Page #2

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The important part is that you have to keep changing those filters, if you do n’t change that filter, and it becomes saturated, the levels of PFAS in the filtered water can actually be above the levels in the tap water.

David Andrews

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It seems like they went above and beyond [with layoffs] and, to an extent, they had to because Musk overpaid for an acquisition where the debt that he’s got to pay off is significant, it’s an unfortunate situation.

Angelo Zino

Found on CNN
1 year ago

These six people believed they were above the law. No one is.

Troy Edwards

Found on CNN
1 year ago

No CEO or company is above the law, and companies must follow our consent decrees, our revised consent order gives us new tools to ensure compliance, and we are prepared to use them.

The FTC

Found on CNN
1 year ago

On quite a few corridors, rail could get a share of multimodal transportation way above the current one. Rail operators have focused on maximizing profit rather than market share. The latter can only be achieved either by running railways as a public service or by introducing more competition.

Jon Worth

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Most people live in apartment blocks on top of each other. We don’t have individuals with houses and gardens where you can go out and dig a hole and try to bury a body, you’re never really alone; your neighbors are above you, below you, next to you. Anything out of the ordinary will catch someone’s attention.

Philip Beh

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Thirty grams was enough to make blood levels of erythritol go up a thousandfold, it remained elevated above the threshold necessary to trigger and heighten clotting risk for the following two to three days.

Stanley Hazen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The era of expanding central bank balance sheets and ultra-easy monetary policy has come to an end, leaving an almost unrecognizable global investment landscape. expectations for returns need to be lowered, expectations for volatility need to be raised and, above all, additional investment discipline will be required.

Seema Shah

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I don’t appreciate Gov. DeSantis going after Disney’s tax status, it can be portrayed or feel or look like retaliation. And I believe that the people who serve our nation need to rise above these moments in time in their conduct and behavior.

Ken Griffin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Over the next two months, it is important that we still see periodic rain and snowstorms to keep an above average pace for our precipitation totals.

Margaret Mohr

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Rational argument can be conducted with some prospect of success only so long as the emotionality of a given situation does not exceed a certain critical degree. If the affective temperature rises above this level, the possibility of reason’s having any effect ceases and its place is taken by slogans and chimerical wish fantasies. That is to say, a sort of collective possession results which rapidly develops into a psychic epidemic.

Carl Jung

added by Normando
1 year ago

Though I did not witness the transformation, I was enchanted by these beautiful mammals in a different way, after seeing how botos would sometimes bring their beaks above water, I wanted a split shot at sunset. Though the water was so dark that I was shooting blind, this dolphin gave me a perfect pose and smile.

Kat Zhou

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Once again, the courts have ruled that Donald Trump is not above the law. For years, he tried to stall and thwart our lawful investigation into his financial dealings, but today’s decision sends a clear message that there are consequences for abusing the legal system. We will not be bullied or dissuaded from pursuing justice.

New York

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The average AK Party performance in those provinces has been above their national average.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I am aware this happened for us, not to us, the reason that Bobbi Wilson is here, and we are not grieving, is because someone above wanted us to be a part of changing racism in our town … It is because we have Bobbi Wilson that we are able to stand here and do something about it, to speak up for ourselves.

Andrew Hurley/Yale Bobbi mother

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think he’s just trying to ensure he doesn’t lose any ground or get outflanked. … It’s tough because DeSantis and Youngkin have actually been changing the policies on it, which is why I think he is going above and beyond … to kind of get a leg up.

Terry Schilling

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is a vital piece of our nation’s infrastructure that bolsters our energy and national security, while the reserve has been a policy Band-Aid for rising gas prices and the global unrest caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the reserve is, above-all, meant to help the United States and our allies through difficult times, not to help China power its economy.

Joe Manchin

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Radiation detectors on moving vehicles can be used to detect radiation above the natural levels, but the relatively low amount of radiation in the source means that they would have to ‘sweep’ the area relatively slowly.

Dale Bailey

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The important thing, however, was to create a way to refuel, there had been a lot of experiments up to this point with aerial refueling, but there really was no way to modify a Cessna 172 to be refueled in midair. So they set up an extra tank that could be filled from a truck on the ground. When they needed to refuel, they would come down and fly very low and just above stall speed, then the truck came along and winched up a hose and then used a pump to transfer the fuel into the airplane. It really was a dramatic show of airmanship, because they had to do it at night sometimes and that required some precision flying.

Janet Bednarek

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Companies aren’t that cautious about raising prices any more. We might see inflation stay above the BOJ’s 2% target well into autumn this year.

Yoshiki Shinke

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Inflationary pressure is heightening quite a bit, with price hikes broadening beyond those for food and fuel, companies aren’t that cautious about raising prices any more. We might see inflation stay above the BOJ’s 2% target well into autumn this year.

Yoshiki Shinke

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Metropolitan Police Service is committed to tackling violence against women and girls in all its forms, i hope the victims and the public more widely are reassured that no one is above the law and Metropolitan Police Service will relentlessly pursue those offenders who target women in this way.

Iain Moor

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Heavy mountain snow and strong winds will lead to blowing snow and whiteout conditions at times, creating dangerous to near impossible travel above 4,000 ft in the mountains and passes of Central California and above 5,000 ft for Southern California.

National Weather Service

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s like you’re swimming and trying to catch up and get your head above water, and you just keep getting hit by something else, but we have no choice, because if we don’t keep paying it, it’s going to accrue more interest.

Lisa Klein

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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