underlie
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Used this way, AI could strengthen rather than displace the judgment and self-belief that underlie agency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
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
"By uncovering how these microscopic regulators cooperate," Tolić says, "we are not only deepening our understanding of biology but also moving closer to correcting the failures that underlie disease."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 10, 2025
Nvidia’s graphics processing units underlie most modern AI data centers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2025
In particular, we know the basic laws that underlie all of chemistry and biology.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
At some central banks, policymakers agree to a path for interest rates that underlies the forecast.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
It also required him understanding that what underlies the struggles between millennials and their parents is how shockingly alike they are despite being constantly annoyed by each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
This question underlies Naomi Kanakia’s snappily titled “What’s So Great About the Great Books?” a compelling if excessively cautious defense of classic literature.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
"My lab studies the neurocircuitry that underlies how we make decisions," said Elena Vazey, associate professor of biology at UMass Amherst and the study's senior author.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
A hypothesis is a tentative explanation, a proposed answer to the question that underlies your research.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
In postproduction, Del Toro sometimes underlay Elordi’s screams with his own guttural noises or the roars of lions and gorillas, imagining a voice created by mismatched lungs and a throat from different people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025
It is more breathable but is often installed where a highly-resistant underlay like bitumen felt is already present, stopping vapour from escaping.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2024
The turf was intended to function as an underlay for a plastic liner atop it as part of a construction project.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
When his music was combined with Lynch’s “Blue Velvet,” audiences got to experience a gorgeous melody atop a disturbing, abstract underlay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
The music of the pearl was triumphant in Kino’s head, and the quiet melody of the family underlay it, and they wove themselves into the soft padding of sandaled feet in the dust.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
A fundamental tension has always underlain the history of the Civil Rights movement, much as it did contemporaneous news coverage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
Approximately 91 per cent of these forests in the northern hemisphere are underlain by permafrost.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2023
The drill site in northwest Greenland was 138 miles from the coast and underlain by 4,560 feet of ice.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2023
The region is underlain by quartz veins, rich in ore.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023
It had underlain the loudness and abuse of his words which she had overheard.
From The Indian Drum by Edwin Balmer
“The energy shock has lasted longer and become larger than expected, activity has been more resilient and recent data suggest that underlying disinflation may have stalled,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
While the recent market correction hasn’t changed the underlying AI story, it has shifted valuation expectations, said Christian Stocker, lead equity strategist at UniCredit, in a note to clients on Monday.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
Solicitor Gen. D. John Sauer filed a fast-track appeal at the Supreme Court and urged the justices to set aside her order and to rule on the underlying legal question.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
Almost all of the underlying numbers point to a side capable of maintaining their early-season form.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
Too often this was used to force women to submit, rather than to address their underlying mental health issues.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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