underlying

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The underlying note in your story does not appear to be that he’s entitled, necessarily.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

The 22 clubs who have submitted their books for 2024-25 have lost a combined £317m, if you take into account Stoke's underlying numbers without the £90m written off loan.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Averaging the two volatile months together gives a clearer picture of the underlying trend and showed monthly gains of just 22,500 jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Although only a small fraction of schizophrenia patients carry mutations in grin2a, the researchers suggest that dysfunction in this circuit may represent a shared mechanism underlying cognitive impairments in some patients.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

There is an underlying force that drives together the several creatures comprising myxotricha, and, then drives the assemblage into union with the termite.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas