underlie
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This process is thought to underlie decisions, thoughts, and memories, and studying it directly could help explain how the brain performs complex computations.
From Science Daily
While there are a lot of doubts in the market right now, “the underlying demand remains extremely strong,” he said.
From MarketWatch
Based on realized flows until December 23, all three currencies are at risk of being hit by a rebalancing of portfolios, “barring a very strong offset from poor monthly returns in underlying markets.”
In some cases, this could lead to a misdiagnosis when sleep deprivation is the underlying issue.
From Science Daily
The important question for people who want the truth is what any particular goof says about the underlying ballots, and whether it involves enough votes to be decisive.
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