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AI stocks have already come under heavy pressure this fall in the face of concerns about the sustainability of spending, the financing that helps underpin it and lackluster results from some major technology companies.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2026

Those investments underpin Musk’s vision of “physical AI”: Tesla building robotaxis and robots, with SpaceX providing the infrastructure to connect them worldwide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Resilience in industrial activity helped underpin the wider economy in the second quarter, when growth outpaced the U.S. on an annualized basis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Beyond defence, satellite services underpin parts of transport, energy, telecommunications and emergency response.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The AIG FP traders present were shocked by how little thought or analysis seemed to underpin the subprime mortgage machine: It was simply a bet that home prices would never fall.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Vitalik Buterin is the creator of the Ethereum protocol which underpins much of modern cryptocurrency systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

ZachXBT, an independent investigator who specialises in tracking funds on the blockchain --the system that underpins cryptocurrency transactions -- revealed the fraud on his social media accounts earlier in the week.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

It’s by no means the main thread, but it absolutely underpins Townshend’s personal anxieties.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

Silver’s “increasing industrial utility” underpins the metal’s growing physical scarcity, he noted, with the physical-market forecast to remain in deficit for the sixth straight year in 2026.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

When the experimental method is successful in explaining what was previously inexplicable, it thus not only establishes particular scientific theories, it also confirms the validity of the general approach which underpins experimentation.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

“Much lower oil prices could see the Fed shift from hiking to cutting rates, driving up investment demand for gold and re-igniting a momentum bull market globally underpinned by multiple structurally bullish dynamics,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

His New York run was underpinned by an improved backhand and better defensive skills, but not being able to execute his damaging forehand in crucial moments proved costly against Zverev.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

“We have a real leadership position in trading cards, and it’s really underpinned by years of investment and innovation for hobbyists with innovative features,” Iannone said in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

That export boom has been underpinned in large part by insatiable global demand for AI-related products including computers, semiconductors and data centre equipment.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

The frilled skirt was underpinned with buckram to make it flare.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

But he said it pointed to an urgent need for organisations and businesses to ensure the technology underpinning a whole range of applications we use and need daily was secure and up-to-date.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

The investment boom has supercharged the economy by raising productivity, hoisting profits, driving record stock-market gains and underpinning consumer spending, especially among the wealthy.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

"The US equity sell-off reflected a reassessment of the economics underpinning the AI investment boom rather than a simple downgrade to end-demand," said National Australia Bank's Rodrigo Catril.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

PwC senior economist Jake Finney said the development of AI infrastructure was underpinning Britain's relatively strong performance.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

That is, to replace its interweaving but independent voices with a more unified, streamlined sound, with the keyboard and cello locked together supportively, underpinning the sparring interplay of the two violins above them.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall