underpinnings
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Indeed, Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt won this year’s Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for establishing the theoretical underpinnings of this dynamic.
From Barron's
Caillebotte chronicled his circle and his family of brothers, and depicted modern life and sport, painting with audacity and an emphasis on geometric underpinnings.
At the Walk of Fame ceremony honoring her late husband on Thursday in Hollywood, Chadwick Boseman’s widow shared the underpinnings of the actor’s creative success.
From Los Angeles Times
But “Angels’ Atlas” is another reminder that despite its underpinnings — sometimes social, sometimes metaphysical — her large-scale, forceful group work is simply conventional.
From New York Times
Instead, the surge in Bitcoin’s price was driven by a range of financial trends that have little to do with the technology’s philosophical underpinnings, analysts said.
From New York Times
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