underpinning

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Investors, still questioning whether a truce between the U.S. and Iran will last after their two-week cease-fire agreement, will be looking for company earnings to provide a solid fundamental underpinning for a jittery stock market.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 12, 2026

Economists have recently called for more transparency around how individual members of the RBA board vote on interest rates and the range of views underpinning those decisions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

And an underpinning of loneliness and suppressed yearning.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Supreme Court decision that annulled the tariffs underpinning that agreement.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

But in the Andean past, the long, puffy bolls of South American cotton, some varieties naturally tinted pink, blue, or yellow, were the soft underpinning of Andean culture.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann