underpinning

Example Sentences

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And an underpinning of loneliness and suppressed yearning.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

"But those are just simulations, not the real universe. Now we have a foundation which can let us know if some of the astrophysics underpinning those simulations is correct."

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

Supreme Court decision that annulled the tariffs underpinning that agreement.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

“It is making investors question the fundamental underpinning of the profitability of a lot of industries.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

The thesis is misnamed, because, as it is usually formulated, Duhem did not hold it and Quine abandoned it, but it is the fundamental conceptual underpinning of much modern history and philosophy of science.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton