underpinnings

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She examines the genetic underpinnings of human behaviors, aging, and athletic pursuits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 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

At the Walk of Fame ceremony honoring her late husband on Thursday in Hollywood, Chadwick Boseman’s widow shared the underpinnings of the actor’s creative success.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

Brent Ellis, principal analyst at market researcher Forrester, said the outage exposed what he called the "nested dependency" between popular digital platforms and the array of services providing the web's technical underpinnings.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 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