underpinning

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“The ‘Full Fare Rule’ is a vital underpinning of modern flight shopping and must not be repealed or watered down in any way,” wrote Jason Rabinowitz on July 8.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

The maker of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp reaffirmed that it would keep spending heavily on the data centers and chips underpinning its AI effort.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 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

For more than eighteen months, from mid-2005 until early 2007, there had been this growing disconnect between the price of subprime mortgage bonds and the value of the loans underpinning them.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Better are her more oblique turns—realistic scenes with strange underpinnings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

His association with Rand was seldom highlighted during his Fed tenure, but even a casual reading of those essays exposes the Randian underpinnings — and the Randian self-contradictions — of his Fed policies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

Christine Idzelis looked into the broad underpinnings of value stocks’ resurgence, which can set up a longer-term period of outperformance.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026

He charms the staff with his knowledge of these obscure machines – pointing out the bellows that power a church organ, and the pneumatic underpinnings of a piano roll player.

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

It could have been the greatest moment in the partnership of Lawrence and Oppenheimer; the unveiling of earthshaking experimental findings with solid theoretical underpinnings.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik