- present participle of underlie.
underlying
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He replied, “I present all the facts, but I do not speculate about underlying or greater cosmic meaning.”
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
But there’s another theory that says “oversold” is more of an ability than a condition, meaning it’s a sign of underlying weakness.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
Then, it expanded to manufacturing processes, advanced commercial technologies and, eventually, the underlying science from which new technologies emerge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
The results showed that the same underlying process of cells responding to chemical signals could also reproduce the spiny mouse's highly organized follicle pattern.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
Indeed, he thought that water was a common principle underlying all of matter, just as today we might say the same of electrons, protons and neutrons, or of quarks.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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