- present participle of underlie.
underlying
Example Sentences
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Common treatments, including over-the-counter medications and steroid injections, may reduce symptoms for a time, but they do not prevent the underlying joint damage from progressing.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Crises repeatedly generate predictions of collapse, but alliances adapt precisely because the underlying incentives remain compelling.”
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
“If you see call-option volume expand, it usually means there’s a bullish view on the underlying product,” said Steve Sosnick, chief strategist at Interactive Brokers, in a phone interview.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
But when he cast actors for “Tales” who were too young to remember Nicolae Ceaușescu’s reign, he was surprised that they didn’t see the underlying darkness beneath the film’s satiric tone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The data from the mortgage servicers was worse every month—the loans underlying the bonds were going bad at faster rates—and yet the price of insuring those loans, they said, was falling.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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