underpinnings

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"Our study reveals unique biological underpinnings of mental health that are often obscured by broad diagnostic categories."

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

Medium-term underpinnings for the Aussie currency persist too, including RBA divergence from the Fed and demand for commodities given Australia’s role as a producer of LNG.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

The title of the park, which will likely move to a more permanent location in 2027, hints at its feminist underpinnings.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Indeed, Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt won this year’s Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for establishing the theoretical underpinnings of this dynamic.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

It would be many years before mathematicians began to free calculus from its mystical underpinnings, for the mathematical world was busy fighting over who invented calculus.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife