underpin
Example Sentences
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Done right, market-structure legislation could harden the financial perimeter that underpins sanctions and law enforcement.
From Barron's
He said human rights accounted for a very small slice of overall UN spending but produced "high-impact" results that help to stabilise communities, build trust in institutions and underpin lasting peace.
From Barron's
The positive outlook should underpin expectations for a rise in Ebitda this year to around $8.6 billion, analysts at Morgan Stanley wrote in a note after the update.
Many accounts, it says, are created with help from family members or friends and are not linked to personal email addresses, complicating assumptions of individual ownership that underpin age-verification systems.
From BBC
Layoffs can affect the number of “seats” that underpin many cloud software contracts.
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