underlying

Common Defense, in fact, goes beyond an anti-war stance to address the underlying ills that make such wars so much more likely.

The changes made by the OBR to the UK's underlying rate of growth could add considerably to the gap in the public finances Reeves has to bridge in the Budget.

Expressing caution about whether this can be achieved, Campbell tells the BBC: "It's all good saying Zimbabwe is open for business but the underlying fundamentals need to be correct."

But the fact Harris chose to include that anecdote speaks to the tetchiness underlying the warmth and fuzziness that California’s two most prominent Democrats put on public display.

The indictment against Comey is just two pages long and comes with little information, making it difficult to assess the strength of the accusations or underlying evidence.