underlying
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The underlying numbers behind it were even more extraordinary.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
The main difference is that people could easily look inside Muybridge’s machine to see the photographs underlying his movie.
From Slate • May 25, 2026
Huang said she would also invest more heavily in addressing the city’s lack of affordable housing, which she said is an underlying cause of crime and homelessness.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
"Ultimately, we need to invest in more research about the underlying biology of B12 insufficiency, since it may be a preventable cause of cognitive decline."
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
The underlying mortgage loans were already going sour, and yet the prices of the bonds backed by the loans hadn’t budged.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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