LOOKING DOWN (ON) Synonyms: 18 Similar Words

looking down (on)

verb

present participle of look down (on)

as in looking (toward)

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The group is a breakaway faction of the SPLM, the ruling party of neighboring South Sudan.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Goldman Sachs projected the AI buildout will push US electricity costs up 6% between 2026 and 2027, with a further 3% increase by 2028, increasing neighboring homeowners’ utility bills.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026

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Undeterred, the three friends bought the hotel and adjoining property for $3 million and have since spent over $10 million on renovations and redesign.

— Madeleine Kashkooli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
The film could use a few more such colorful secondary strands adjoining the main conflict, though one subplot involving a maybe-romance between two jaded journalists assigned to the summit is oddly framed and abruptly dropped.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026

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Castro was initially arrested in May in the Minnesota case, and he was held in custody in Brownsville, Texas, a city bordering Mexico, while Minnesota officials sought his extradition.

— Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Death Valley is in eastern California, bordering Nevada, and is in the northern Mojave Desert.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 24 Aug. 2026

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