look down (on)

verb

Definition of look down (on)next
as in to look (toward)

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  1. bound
  2. margin
  3. neighbor
  4. fringe
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  • Seth Jones’ shot from the point struck Tkachuk on the arm and bounded in.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Russia’s support for Tehran has been operationally meaningful but carefully bounded.
    — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of bound
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  • Furthermore, Scotto expects Williams' Transmission, Power & Gulf segment to increase quarter-over-quarter, driven by the startup of the Socrates power project and favorable natural gas liquids, or NGL, margins.
    — , CNBC, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Protecting margins The challenge isn’t simply detecting token theft or fraud, but rather deciding how to respond.
    — Sarita Singh, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of margin
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  • Los Angeles’ job centers, while disparate, can still be inaccessible from neighboring counties.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Its theatrical identity takes cues from the neighboring Hanoi Opera House.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of neighbor
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  • The tiny Norwegian archipelago, 68 degrees north of the Arctic Circle and two flights from Oslo, is a distinctive and dramatic landscape with spiky mountains rising from the Norwegian Sea and sandy beaches fringed by fjords.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers from the Center for the Study of Organized Hate report a sharp increase in anti-South Asian sentiment on X and fringe social platforms since 2025.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of fringe
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