underpinned
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A major reason homeownership underpinned wealth for previous generations is that a mortgage can function as a sort of forced savings account.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
That end-of-era feeling underpinned the Bandung conference, held on the Indonesian island of Java in the spring of 1955.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have underpinned the recovery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Delap's struggles at Chelsea have been underpinned by three managerial changes and hamstring and shoulder injuries, but also difficulties adjusting to a different gameplan.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Despite all the resulting conflicts and contradictions, which remain with us still, it was the idea of discovery that made the new science, and the new set of intellectual values that underpinned it, possible.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
