underpinning

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Investors, still questioning whether a truce between the U.S. and Iran will last after their two-week cease-fire agreement, will be looking for company earnings to provide a solid fundamental underpinning for a jittery stock market.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 12, 2026

But they said the legislation underpinning it would not pass before parliament is dissolved in coming weeks and a new Chagos bill is not expected to be put forward.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

Economists have recently called for more transparency around how individual members of the RBA board vote on interest rates and the range of views underpinning those decisions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

"Pretty much the entire underpinning of Germany's post-war settlement was based around the Transatlantic Alliance," says the Berlin-based journalist and author John Kampfner.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 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