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underpinnings



NOUN
supporting structure
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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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