underpinning

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The star business underpinning the estimated $1.8 trillion valuation is Starlink, SpaceX’s space-based broadband product.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

The profits underpinning chip companies’ stocks are a distinction from the dot-com bubble, however, when many of the biggest winners had little or no earnings.

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

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