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underpinning

[uhn-der-pin-ing] / ˈʌn dərˌpɪn ɪŋ /
NOUN
supporting structure
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The basic logic underpinning his thinking is that the more people who own and use bitcoin, the greater the adoption of its network, which can provide a base for assessing its value.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Yet, the technology underpinning autonomous warfare risks outpacing the Russian and Ukrainian frameworks for maintaining some degree of human control over weapons.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

"This is national and international infrastructure," he said, warning that the ecological system underpinning it is "approaching a tipping point".

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Hot inflation prints could drive more hawkish Fed bets, underpinning the dollar and weighing on gold, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

But in the Andean past, the long, puffy bolls of South American cotton, some varieties naturally tinted pink, blue, or yellow, were the soft underpinning of Andean culture.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Warsh hasn’t given the intellectual underpinnings for his “swerve” away from how Fed chairs over the past two decades have communicated, Tetlow noted.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

“It doesn’t appear that he’s impacted the political underpinnings of a deep blue city like Los Angeles,” Schnur said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

“We’re re-emerging in this kind of new bearded age,” said Sean Trainor, a facial-hair historian whose dissertation “Groomed for Power” examined the underpinnings of the golden age of political beards in the 19th century.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

He charms the staff with his knowledge of these obscure machines – pointing out the bellows that power a church organ, and the pneumatic underpinnings of a piano roll player.

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

Fie would christen the building, which had been slated for demolition but featured sturdy concrete underpinnings, as the Radiation Laboratory.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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