underlying
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Travelers’ underlying combined ratio, which compares its expenses and claims costs to earned premiums, worsened from a year before, rising to 85.3% from 84.8%.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
“Even against a backdrop of prominent layoffs, the underlying signals point to a broader and more leveraged developer base.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The findings support the geroscience hypothesis, which proposes that a single underlying process of aging can drive multiple diseases.
From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026
Prof Amy Orben, digital mental health expert at Cambridge University, said it was important the companies and their underlying business models were held to account.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Alabama charges a 30 percent collection fee, and Florida allows private debt collectors to tack on a 40 percent surcharge to the underlying debt.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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