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“The ‘Full Fare Rule’ is a vital underpinning of modern flight shopping and must not be repealed or watered down in any way,” wrote Jason Rabinowitz on July 8.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

He added that Agile has signed customer contracts underpinning this year’s projected revenue and has so far raised about $1.5 billion from investors led by SoftBank Group 9984 1.84%increase; green up pointing triangle .

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The one thing underpinning the North Africans' success has been long-term investment backed by the country's King Mohammed VI.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 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

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

“The Mandalorian and Grogu” takes the series’ thematic underpinnings — what parenting looks like between a masked human loner and an otherworldly toddler — and deepens them.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 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

"Our study reveals unique biological underpinnings of mental health that are often obscured by broad diagnostic categories."

From Science Daily ● May 4, 2026

Both were thoroughgoing materialists, not in prizing possessions but in holding that matter alone provided the underpinnings of the world.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan