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underpinning

noun as in supporting structure

noun as in basis

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That same year, Adam Smith published “The Wealth of Nations,” providing theoretical underpinning for the American experiment in free markets.

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Wall Street has pointed to this move as evidence that ballooning debt and uncomfortably high inflation are disrupting the outlook for currencies underpinning the global financial system.

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They said this would include auditing and inspecting the source code and recommendation system underpinning the app, and rebuilding it for US users using only US user data.

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The saga that led to this point is well-known in Scotland but the reasons underpinning it remain hotly contested.

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None of this means that the hype machine underpinning most public expectations of AI has taken a breather.

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