underlying
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If the metrics haven’t changed, the underlying system probably hasn’t either.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
The model uses a phenomenological approach, focusing on the overall behavior rather than the exact underlying mechanisms that cause electrons to pair into Cooper pairs.
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026
Prices excluding food and energy categories — the so-called core measure economists watch in an effort to better capture inflation’s underlying trend — rose 2.6%, slightly below forecasts for a 2.7% increase.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
"We do not have all the answers yet, we are only just beginning to understand some of the underlying causes of TSW," she says.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
He was a member of the Eleatic school of thought, whose founder, Parmenides, held that the underlying nature of the universe was changeless and immobile.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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