underpinning

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Also underpinning the RBA’s decision to tighten policy further were signs the economy remains fundamentally strong despite growing shocks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

The business logic underpinning all of it is a subscription model that distinguishes the Times sharply from traditional game companies.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Chongqing leads the country in car manufacturing, underpinning China's position as the world's largest car-maker.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

The profits underpinning chip companies’ stocks are a distinction from the dot-com bubble, when many of the biggest winners had little or no earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

The thesis is misnamed, because, as it is usually formulated, Duhem did not hold it and Quine abandoned it, but it is the fundamental conceptual underpinning of much modern history and philosophy of science.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton