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underpinning

[uhn-der-pin-ing] / ˈʌn dərˌpɪn ɪŋ /
NOUN
supporting structure
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But he said it pointed to an urgent need for organisations and businesses to ensure the technology underpinning a whole range of applications we use and need daily was secure and up-to-date.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

The investment boom has supercharged the economy by raising productivity, hoisting profits, driving record stock-market gains and underpinning consumer spending, especially among the wealthy.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

With an unchanged neutral rating on the stock, the UBS analysts see the modest revenue growth underpinning Cochlear’s fiscal 2027 guidance as achievable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 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

In the recognition by Pythagoras and Plato that the Cosmos is knowable, that there is a mathematical underpinning to nature, they greatly advanced the cause of science.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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

Yet there had to have been underpinnings to keep the group producing and its audience coming back for more on record and on stage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

“The Mandalorian and Grogu” takes the series’ thematic underpinnings — what parenting looks like between a masked human loner and an otherworldly toddler — and deepens them.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

It could have been the greatest moment in the partnership of Lawrence and Oppenheimer; the unveiling of earthshaking experimental findings with solid theoretical underpinnings.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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