underlying

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Even so, “when he and Russell reran their data set of opinion articles through the current version, the underlying assessments were similar to those in the earlier iteration.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

As with all Labor Department reports, the rosy top-line numbers require the context of their underlying trends—and those aren’t looking so pretty.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

Bond yields and prices move inversely, so higher yields mean the value of the underlying bonds has fallen.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Although only a small fraction of schizophrenia patients carry mutations in grin2a, the researchers suggest that dysfunction in this circuit may represent a shared mechanism underlying cognitive impairments in some patients.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

In fact, I began to sense a greater underlying pattern to the way the wind moved through the courtyard.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss