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China is shifting from producing cheap consumer goods to exporting higher-value intermediate and capital goods that underpin global manufacturing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Transfers are huge, but ESL and now this go to the very heart of what makes football the game it is and the structures that underpin it.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Paramount, in its statement, noted the European Commission’s conclusions “directly refute key assumptions that underpin the state AGs’ complaint seeking to block the transaction,” including whether big-budget or blockbuster films should be considered a market.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

AI models that underpin tools like chatbots and image generators are known as agents when they act autonomously to carry out tasks in the real world.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 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

It is all in service of corporate reinvention: a transformation of Sony from the world’s most recognizable electronics firm into an entertainment business focused on music, movies, videogames and the technology that underpins them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

“CoreWeave’s combination of market leadership, execution against a rapidly growing backlog and accelerating profitability underpins our positive outlook,” Liani wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

In the sweeping shadow of a satellite dish, staff at the Chilbolton Observatory in southern England track a growing number of objects in Earth's orbit, providing data that underpins Britain's space monitoring efforts.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

"It underpins every other conversation we might want to have."

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

When the experimental method is successful in explaining what was previously inexplicable, it thus not only establishes particular scientific theories, it also confirms the validity of the general approach which underpins experimentation.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

"It will require primary legislation underpinned by a complex international agreement which would take several years to agree."

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

He envisions a massive deployment of measures that are already in use, such as ocean-water desalination and aquifer replenishment, underpinned by federal incentives for reducing consumption.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

SpaceX’s spending on AI, detailed in Tuesday’s investor report, expands a spree among the world’s biggest tech companies. Amazon.com last week estimated around $220 billion in capital spending this year, underpinned by AI-related investments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Booming exports underpinned by strong demand overseas for electronics and AI hardware have provided a lifeline as consumption at home remains weak.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

The losses were much greater than they should have been, given the ratings of the bonds they underpinned, but the losses did not change a great deal from one month to the next.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

One of the most common assumptions underpinning the “Gen Z doesn’t drink” narrative is that young adults simply don’t want to go out anymore.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

“The ‘Full Fare Rule’ is a vital underpinning of modern flight shopping and must not be repealed or watered down in any way,” wrote Jason Rabinowitz on July 8.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

A new round of strong earnings reports powered the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a fresh high on Wednesday, underscoring how surging profits are underpinning the stock-market rally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Fifpro added that such a move "would fundamentally and irreversibly reshape the incentives underpinning the competitions" and it was "particularly troubling that a project of this magnitude has been developed largely behind closed doors".

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

But in the Andean past, the long, puffy bolls of South American cotton, some varieties naturally tinted pink, blue, or yellow, were the soft underpinning of Andean culture.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann