underlie

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This process is thought to underlie decisions, thoughts, and memories, and studying it directly could help explain how the brain performs complex computations.

From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025

Talk to some folks in your family whom you trust to make sure you’re not overstepping any unspoken boundaries that underlie family relationships.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025

But the “frontier” language models that underlie ChatGPT and Gemini run in giant data centers, and are far too demanding for a phone.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

The award honored their foundational work on neural networks, multilayered systems that underlie many powerful AI systems, from OpenAI’s chatbots to self-driving cars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

This book guides professionals to work through music, harnessing the processes that underlie music learning, and outlining developmentally appropriate methods to understand the role of music in children’s lives through play, games, creativity, and movement.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin