underpinning
Example Sentences
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A big factor underpinning its confidence—it is being flooded by job applications.
These firms don’t have to disclose or explain the criteria underpinning their voting advice.
The prime minister said the policy underpinning the Illegal Migration Bill was not to "detain children" but so there would be no incentive to bring a child on a small boat crossing of the Channel.
From BBC
Electric companies were staring down the prospect of having to reevaluate the cost assumptions underpinning their capital spending plans, which in many cases include building new natural gas power plants.
From Salon
The most serious count of involuntary manslaughter against Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed was dropped after defense lawyers said a law underpinning the charge was passed after Hutchins was killed.
From Reuters
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