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underpinning

[uhn-der-pin-ing] / ˈʌn dərˌpɪn ɪŋ /
NOUN
supporting structure
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Governments are also expected to use the forum to discuss global AI policy including the growing demand for energy and water resources from data centres underpinning the technology's rollout.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Now, Wall Street is taking a more cautious approach, looking more closely at the debt underpinning the AI boom and whether that stands to derail big growth projections that stretch years into the future.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

"The US equity sell-off reflected a reassessment of the economics underpinning the AI investment boom rather than a simple downgrade to end-demand," said National Australia Bank's Rodrigo Catril.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

The breakthrough model demonstrated one of the central tenets underpinning the AI boom: that capabilities would increase when models were trained on more data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Toby crying, huddled behind the cracked underpinning of the trailer.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

In this election, there’s emotional sentiment, psychological underpinnings, and consumer sentiment to account for.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

Warsh hasn’t given the intellectual underpinnings for his “swerve” away from how Fed chairs over the past two decades have communicated, Tetlow noted.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

His association with Rand was seldom highlighted during his Fed tenure, but even a casual reading of those essays exposes the Randian underpinnings — and the Randian self-contradictions — of his Fed policies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

“Come Inside” and “Lost Horizon” are catchy rockers with slightly trippy philosophical underpinnings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

Both were thoroughgoing materialists, not in prizing possessions but in holding that matter alone provided the underpinnings of the world.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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