- present participle of underlie.
underlying
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The Bank of Japan is widely expected to raise interest rates this month to mitigate the burden of rising costs as policymakers grow more worried that the fallout from the conflict will accelerate underlying inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Perps can also look similar to total return swaps, which similarly move up and down in price based on the price of an underlying asset.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch, said: "Protecting children online is vital, but these are outrageous plans that will fail to address the underlying causes of online harm."
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
At this thickness, the metal undergoes a transition from a strained state caused by the underlying material to a more relaxed atomic arrangement.
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026
The process of selection, notably, acts on a physical or biological attribute—and the underlying genes are selected passively as a result.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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