underpinning

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Stocks have swung wildly lately with investors assessing, and then reassessing, whether the rally in technology companies underpinning the AI revolution was justified.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026

The project has been years in the making but the EU first needs to agree on the legal framework underpinning the virtual currency before it is available for use.

From Barron's • Jul. 9, 2026

Despite the concerns, resilient supplies and strong harvest progress are underpinning confident market sentiment, the FAO said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 3, 2026

Lam finds the philosophical underpinning of Project Spire troubling.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

That is, to replace its interweaving but independent voices with a more unified, streamlined sound, with the keyboard and cello locked together supportively, underpinning the sparring interplay of the two violins above them.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall