underlie
Example Sentences
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With Japan already at full employment and underlying inflation hovering near the 2% target, the BOJ must confront the risk that higher energy costs will raise inflation expectations too much, economists say.
Blue Owl, by contrast, sold $1.4 billion in loans at 99.7 cents on the dollar — meaning the underlying assets have held their value.
From MarketWatch
Anand Kini, finance and operating chief, said last year’s results demonstrate the underlying strength and durability of Versant’s business, citing strong profitability, margins and cash flow.
The violence of the underlying moves makes some nervous, because periods of what Wall Street calls “dispersion” have sometimes preceded market corrections.
The government eventually cracked the perpetrator’s phone through a third-party hardware exploit, but Apple never weakened the underlying system.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
