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AI stocks have already come under heavy pressure this fall in the face of concerns about the sustainability of spending, the financing that helps underpin it and lackluster results from some major technology companies.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2026

"Whether or not they are delivered matters because the spending plans underpin the plan to bring down borrowing," she added.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Beyond defence, satellite services underpin parts of transport, energy, telecommunications and emergency response.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Critical minerals are crucial to the manufacturing of defense, transportation, energy and computer systems; they underpin AI and weapons development.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

The AIG FP traders present were shocked by how little thought or analysis seemed to underpin the subprime mortgage machine: It was simply a bet that home prices would never fall.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

It’s by no means the main thread, but it absolutely underpins Townshend’s personal anxieties.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

"Maths is everywhere and it underpins everything that a pupil is going to need to get through their future life," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Silver’s “increasing industrial utility” underpins the metal’s growing physical scarcity, he noted, with the physical-market forecast to remain in deficit for the sixth straight year in 2026.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

Shares of SpaceX, whose rocket technology underpins the vehicle, also rose premarket.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

When the experimental method is successful in explaining what was previously inexplicable, it thus not only establishes particular scientific theories, it also confirms the validity of the general approach which underpins experimentation.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

"It is important that progress on electrification is underpinned by clean energy sources," it said in a memo to members.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

His New York run was underpinned by an improved backhand and better defensive skills, but not being able to execute his damaging forehand in crucial moments proved costly against Zverev.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

That export boom has been underpinned in large part by insatiable global demand for AI-related products including computers, semiconductors and data centre equipment.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

PCE inflation data for August and an upward revision to second-quarter GDP data that underpinned the resilience of the U.S. economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

It simply interested him—greatly—how all the cultures of Zeru were underpinned by the same story.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

But he said it pointed to an urgent need for organisations and businesses to ensure the technology underpinning a whole range of applications we use and need daily was secure and up-to-date.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Some trustees pushed for someone younger, with direct business experience and a strong underpinning in technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

For one, the AI narrative is what’s fueling SpaceX’s stock and underpinning upbeat forecasts.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

"The US equity sell-off reflected a reassessment of the economics underpinning the AI investment boom rather than a simple downgrade to end-demand," said National Australia Bank's Rodrigo Catril.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

In the recognition by Pythagoras and Plato that the Cosmos is knowable, that there is a mathematical underpinning to nature, they greatly advanced the cause of science.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan