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underpinned

VERB

base

Synonyms

STRONG

build construct depend derive establish found ground hinge locate plant predicate prop rest root station stay

WEAK

set up

Antonyms

STRONG

demolish destroy disestablish dismantle leave move raze ruin unsettle

Example Sentences

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So do law and economics, which underpinned Western colonialism in sometimes counterintuitive ways.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Article 2 of the framework commits the UK not to water down human rights provisions, underpinned by EU law, that flow from the Good Friday Agreement.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Stability has underpinned Villa's success under former Arsenal boss Emery, who took over when the club were 14th and three points above the relegation zone.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

“A lot of that is underpinned by our ability to ship faster and move faster,” CFO Amrita Ahuja told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

It underpinned the more difficult “quadrivium”—arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy— that students went on to learn; all seven subjects taken in toto being the so-called liberal arts.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith