underlying
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Lancaster County Coroner Stephen Diamantoni said the underlying condition made the infant especially vulnerable to severe illness after contracting measles.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
The underlying problem, defense experts say, is that the United States designed its missile defense programs for a world in which only a few major powers like China and Russia posed serious threats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
This gives the TaIrTe4 magnetic properties while allowing it to retain its underlying electronic characteristics.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
While Waller said he was pleased that inflation had moved down over the summer, Warsh told the Jackson Hole audience that recent inflation readings “do not tell me that underlying trends have meaningfully improved.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
All of these parallels between Mesoamerican and ancient western Eurasian writing testify to the underlying universality of human creativity.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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