underlie
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"A similar mechanism could underlie individual differences in responses to other rewarding stimuli," says author and neuroscientist Josep Marco-Pallarés of the University of Barcelona.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 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
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
Nvidia’s graphics processing units underlie most modern AI data centers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2025
They concluded: The “motivation to disclose our internal thoughts and knowledge to others may serve to sustain the behaviors that underlie the extreme sociality of our species.”
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
That conviction underlies Christian accounts of dignity, equality, justice and human responsibility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 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
But five days after that, the DOJ notified the court in the Texas case that “the government has decided to maintain the definition” that underlies the ghost gun rule.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
By contrast, her father’s hypervigilance also underlies the narrative.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 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
However, Sidony says her flooring was never inspected, and has shown the BBC her end of tenancy agreement which instructed her to remove carpets, underlay, gripper rods and laminate flooring.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024
California created an orchard for the world in large part by tapping into prehistoric aquifers that underlay the Central Valley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 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
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
The slope is steep and underlain by weak, heavily fractured bedrock, making it prone to failure.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2025
Part of the reasoning in 2018 was site investigations found the ground underlain with peat deposits, as well as toxic and phytotoxic - meaning poisonous to plants - risk from shallow soils.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025
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
"Adieu, M. Berthaud—for the present," he said; and had he not seemed too proud to threaten, a threat might have underlain his words.
From In Kings' Byways by Weyman, Stanley John
Hormonal changes related to weight loss or treatment could also play a role, although additional research will be needed to identify the underlying mechanisms.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
On the other hand, closed models, such as the ones produced by OpenAI and Anthropic, keep their underlying code and training data proprietary.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
The case for waiting rests on recent economic data: Energy prices declined in June, and underlying prices were flat in the consumer-price index.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The scientists said this unveiled "a simplicity underlying the spectacular diversity of birdsongs".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Two years later, the workings of the conspiracy, and its underlying intentions, were exposed during a trial in Chicago.
From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser
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