- plural of underpinning.
underpinnings
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Yet there had to have been underpinnings to keep the group producing and its audience coming back for more on record and on stage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Christine Idzelis looked into the broad underpinnings of value stocks’ resurgence, which can set up a longer-term period of outperformance.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
“It doesn’t appear that he’s impacted the political underpinnings of a deep blue city like Los Angeles,” Schnur said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 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
Both were thoroughgoing materialists, not in prizing possessions but in holding that matter alone provided the underpinnings of the world.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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