from above
idiom
1
: from a higher place or position
It looks like a cross when viewed from above.
2
: from someone with greater power or authority
waiting for orders from above
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Rather, this image shows lightning strikes on Earth, illuminating clouds at night as seen from above.
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Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 23 May 2025
For millions of ordinary voters, the moves confirmed long-standing suspicions that their country’s democracy had become a sham, rigged from above.
—Veronica Anghel, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2025
The timings were then aligned with Ring surveillance video from above O’Keefe’s garage door, which showed Read backing out seconds after the power-on event and then parking the vehicle in the driveway and getting out seconds after the power-off.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 19 May 2025
Researchers at the site are currently creating sketches of the wreck from above and from the side to analyze it in more detail.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 15 May 2025
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Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 23 May 2025
For millions of ordinary voters, the moves confirmed long-standing suspicions that their country’s democracy had become a sham, rigged from above.
—Veronica Anghel, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2025
The timings were then aligned with Ring surveillance video from above O’Keefe’s garage door, which showed Read backing out seconds after the power-on event and then parking the vehicle in the driveway and getting out seconds after the power-off.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 19 May 2025
Researchers at the site are currently creating sketches of the wreck from above and from the side to analyze it in more detail.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 15 May 2025
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“From above.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20above. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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