underlie
Example Sentences
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A key measure of underlying inflation—excluding volatile fresh food and energy prices—climbed 2.4%, slower than the 2.6% rise marked in the previous month.
And while the play never explicitly explores its underlying theme—that music can help bridge the gaps, or the abysses, that divide people—the deft integration of story and song illuminates it naturally.
Selective straddle purchases can pay off when the underlying subsequently makes a large move post-earnings.
From MarketWatch
Control over the underlying systems, however, concentrated into the hands of a few firms in the U.S., with China as the only rival ecosystem.
“The history of yen intervention is littered with stories of limited or temporary success, especially when authorities are fighting strong underlying macro forces,” he said.
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