underlie

Example Sentences

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Still others argue the underlying assumption here may be mistaken—that consciousness may not be reducible to computation at all.

From The Wall Street Journal

If the underlying security falls below the put, the put increases in value.

From Barron's

If the underlying security falls below the put, the put increases in value.

From Barron's

By contrast, he said, Arm’s underlying technology is already the de facto standard for CPUs.

From MarketWatch

The bank will lend against a special entity holding loans as collateral, and it will lend out only a portion of the underlying collateral’s value, for example.

From The Wall Street Journal