underlying
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“The tools and therapies change, but the underlying instinct remains.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
Prof Amy Orben, digital mental health expert at Cambridge University, said it was important the companies and their underlying business models were held to account.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
He wishes he could solve the underlying problem: “People buy stuff they don’t really need and then hold onto it,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Crosscurrents in the underlying data helped temper the 15.7% month-over-month rise in gasoline prices.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
Rather than simply producing nice but random tunes with accompaniment, they framed them according to an underlying logic: every piece they composed was constructed with the help of what amounted to musical maps.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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