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He tells clients in a note that operating leverage across asset management and personal banking should underpin mid-to-high single-digit earnings growth into fiscal 2029.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Critical minerals are crucial to the manufacturing of defense, transportation, energy and computer systems; they underpin AI and weapons development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
A lack of distributions and write-offs reduces available funds that underpin economic activity, creating adverse feedback loops.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
As Burnham moves into the next phase of his autumn, there is a recognition from some around him that he will need to produce some more significant policies to underpin his rhetoric.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The AIG FP traders present were shocked by how little thought or analysis seemed to underpin the subprime mortgage machine: It was simply a bet that home prices would never fall.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Rombach, 33, helped develop latent diffusion, a breakthrough that underpins many of today's AI image-generation systems.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Domestic production of primary aluminum provides the foundational metal needed to produce the military-grade aluminum that underpins mission-critical weapons systems and defense equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
His athleticism underpins that game as he reached a top speed of 34.5km/h in 2024-25, compared with 30.5km/h for Casemiro, and averaged 8.2 defensive actions per 90.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Finally, shifting financing would weaken the sense of shared responsibility that underpins Medicare.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
It is quiet, and when the belling tower strikes the late hour, it doesn’t break the silence so much as it underpins it.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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PCE inflation data for August and an upward revision to second-quarter GDP data that underpinned the resilience of the U.S. economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
A major reason homeownership underpinned wealth for previous generations is that a mortgage can function as a sort of forced savings account.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Many of the ongoing fires have been burning across Sumatra and Indonesian Borneo since mid-July – underpinned by a so-called Super El Niño that is exacerbating drought conditions.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
It says dividends for the sector came in 13% above expectations, underpinned by dividend reinstatements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
It underpinned the more difficult “quadrivium”—arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy— that students went on to learn; all seven subjects taken in toto being the so-called liberal arts.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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The basic logic underpinning his thinking is that the more people who own and use bitcoin, the greater the adoption of its network, which can provide a base for assessing its value.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Yet, the technology underpinning autonomous warfare risks outpacing the Russian and Ukrainian frameworks for maintaining some degree of human control over weapons.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
We also can't deny the fact that underpinning this entire tech revolution is an ocean of investor cash.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
That sparked a probe into what Turkish prosecutors have described as a professional money-laundering ring, a tributary to the vast shadow economy underpinning the global scam industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
In the recognition by Pythagoras and Plato that the Cosmos is knowable, that there is a mathematical underpinning to nature, they greatly advanced the cause of science.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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