underlie

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"We're hoping that our work will make clearer the underlying mechanisms and inform further clinical trials and therapeutics in this area."

From BBC

Replay events occurred just as often as they did in healthy mice, but the underlying patterns were no longer organized.

From Science Daily

An Asda spokesperson said its "strong balance sheet and underlying free cash flow generation" means it can comfortably cover current and future debt obligations.

From BBC

“While that’s not particularly high given the illiquidity of the privately held companies in the underlying portfolio, it’s important to understand that investments may be locked up for a very long time.”

From Barron's

“While that’s not particularly high given the illiquidity of the privately held companies in the underlying portfolio, it’s important to understand that investments may be locked up for a very long time.”

From Barron's