- present participle of underpin.
underpinning
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The basic logic underpinning his thinking is that the more people who own and use bitcoin, the greater the adoption of its network, which can provide a base for assessing its value.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Yet, the technology underpinning autonomous warfare risks outpacing the Russian and Ukrainian frameworks for maintaining some degree of human control over weapons.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
For the UK there is also a vital argument about data sovereignty, and avoiding total reliance on either the US or other countries for the IT infrastructure underpinning large swathes of our service economy.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
"This is national and international infrastructure," he said, warning that the ecological system underpinning it is "approaching a tipping point".
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Toby crying, huddled behind the cracked underpinning of the trailer.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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Escher is also the first to ever explore the mathematical underpinnings of his mind-bending scenes, looking at the numerical, geometric and computational concepts that lie at the heart of his most iconic images.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Warsh hasn’t given the intellectual underpinnings for his “swerve” away from how Fed chairs over the past two decades have communicated, Tetlow noted.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
He charms the staff with his knowledge of these obscure machines – pointing out the bellows that power a church organ, and the pneumatic underpinnings of a piano roll player.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
"Our study reveals unique biological underpinnings of mental health that are often obscured by broad diagnostic categories."
From Science Daily ● May 4, 2026
I was attracted to the scientific underpinnings of dialectical materialism, for I am always inclined to trust what I can verify.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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