underlying
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A put option gives the buyer the right to sell the underlying asset at a specified price within a certain timeframe.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
In a preconfirmation filing last week, Warsh disclosed assets worth more than $100 million but declined to identify the underlying holdings of his largest individual investments, citing confidentiality agreements.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
But these grand aggregate numbers mask worrying underlying data.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
Mediation tends to produce short-term crisis abatement at the cost of long-term stability because agreements reached under third-party pressure often fail to resolve the underlying conditions responsible for conflict in the first place.
From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026
L’Hôpital’s rule was extremely important for resolving some of the difficulties with 0/0, but the underlying problem remained.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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