underpinned

VERB

base

Synonyms

STRONG

build construct depend derive establish found ground hinge locate plant predicate prop rest root station stay

WEAK

set up

Antonyms

STRONG

demolish destroy disestablish dismantle leave move raze ruin unsettle

Example Sentences

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Underpinned by a market offering "a comic for everybody", he puts the fresh business down, in part, to the superhero movie boom.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025

Underpinned by an intimate, self-revealing aesthetic, she fluidly navigates from sweaty group class to phone screen to ambitious project — dance is her public palliative for physical and emotional upheaval.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2022

Underpinned by consumer and business spending worldwide, earnings of the S&P 500 companies are projected to rise 17.6% in 2017, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2017

Underpinned by a restless, agitated bassline sampled from Billy Cobham's Stratus, opener Safe from Harm sounds dusky in the most literal sense.

From The Guardian • Dec. 6, 2012

Underpinned by a resilient Texan economy, the Houston-based bank posted loan growth in almost every sector.

From Reuters • Apr. 14, 2011