underpinnings
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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
Better are her more oblique turns—realistic scenes with strange underpinnings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 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
"Our study reveals unique biological underpinnings of mental health that are often obscured by broad diagnostic categories."
From Science Daily ● May 4, 2026
It could have been the greatest moment in the partnership of Lawrence and Oppenheimer; the unveiling of earthshaking experimental findings with solid theoretical underpinnings.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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