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underpinning

[uhn-der-pin-ing] / ˈʌn dərˌpɪn ɪŋ /
NOUN
supporting structure
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That’s more than double the outflow seen the day prior, underpinning today’s slide in bitcoin prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Yet "the talent, capital, and supply chains underpinning the field are deeply intertwined across the United States and China," said Grace Shao, a China AI analyst and author of the AI Proem newsletter.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Chongqing leads the country in car manufacturing, underpinning China's position as the world's largest car-maker.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

If investors can refocus their attention away from the Middle East then Haefele is confident they can redirect it towards the fundamentals that are underpinning the recent rally.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

The thesis is misnamed, because, as it is usually formulated, Duhem did not hold it and Quine abandoned it, but it is the fundamental conceptual underpinning of much modern history and philosophy of science.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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