underlie

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The perpetual futures contracts on Hyperliquid often involve substantial amounts of leverage, meaning a small move in the underlying asset can potentially wipe out a trader’s whole account.

From MarketWatch

An inquest jury concluded Leona died from a cardiac arrest, but the underlying cause of her sudden deterioration was given as unascertained.

From BBC

But the regulator often can’t observe the agent’s true costs, underlying motivations, or day-to-day behavior.

From The Wall Street Journal

As modern scientists would put it, the gene’s “expression” is modified, but not the underlying DNA.

From The Wall Street Journal

That tells him that underlying inflation likely improved as tariffs pushed prices higher.

From MarketWatch