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Resilience in industrial activity helped underpin the wider economy in the second quarter, when growth outpaced the U.S. on an annualized basis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Beyond defence, satellite services underpin parts of transport, energy, telecommunications and emergency response.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

An Anthropic spokesperson told Time in 2024 that neither Daniela nor Dario Amodei identify as EAs, though they are “clearly sympathetic to some of the ideas that underpin effective altruism.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Treasury yields, which underpin the rates on new mortgages, auto loans and several other forms of consumer credit, have climbed appreciably since early 2022.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

The AIG FP traders present were shocked by how little thought or analysis seemed to underpin the subprime mortgage machine: It was simply a bet that home prices would never fall.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

“All this underpins my conviction that we are better positioned than ever to win in the long run, leveraging AI to augment the strengths of the L’Oreal model,” Hieronimus said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

PHP -- a name that originally stood for Personal Home Page -- underpins popular web design platforms, meaning the flaws could allow hackers to break into various sites, from online stores to government services.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Silver’s “increasing industrial utility” underpins the metal’s growing physical scarcity, he noted, with the physical-market forecast to remain in deficit for the sixth straight year in 2026.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

"By combining complementary X-ray techniques at LCLS, this work provides a uniquely complete view of these coupled processes, opening new opportunities to understand and ultimately control the chemistry that underpins energy conversion and catalysis."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

It is quiet, and when the belling tower strikes the late hour, it doesn’t break the silence so much as it underpins it.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

That export boom has been underpinned in large part by insatiable global demand for AI-related products including computers, semiconductors and data centre equipment.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

Much of the historic success of positional play has been underpinned by that same idea – finding the free player.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Based in a city of more than half a million people, their potential is underpinned by a large, passionate fanbase who averaged over 30,000 for home games in the second tier last term.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

The issue there is that these futures contracts are underpinned by baskets of actual Treasurys, and the specific Treasury that the futures contract mirrors changes as bond yields move up and down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 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

Now, Wall Street is taking a more cautious approach, looking more closely at the debt underpinning the AI boom and whether that stands to derail big growth projections that stretch years into the future.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

"The US equity sell-off reflected a reassessment of the economics underpinning the AI investment boom rather than a simple downgrade to end-demand," said National Australia Bank's Rodrigo Catril.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

PwC senior economist Jake Finney said the development of AI infrastructure was underpinning Britain's relatively strong performance.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

As that has happened, the average expected life of the loans underpinning mortgage-backed securities has been pushed out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Toby crying, huddled behind the cracked underpinning of the trailer.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss