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

Even the most altruistic acts have some psychological or emotional underpinning.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Indeed, strong corporate earnings and upbeat forecasts for the year ahead are underpinning the advance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

That is the same theory underpinning the controversial airstrikes since September on alleged drug traffickers' boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific.

From Barron's • May 29, 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