underpinnings
Britishplural noun
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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 • Dec. 1, 2025
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 • Nov. 21, 2025
Brent Ellis, principal analyst at market researcher Forrester, said the outage exposed what he called the "nested dependency" between popular digital platforms and the array of services providing the web's technical underpinnings.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025
While this work does rely on modern innovations, it has important historical underpinnings.
From Science Daily • Oct. 18, 2025
From those underpinnings of football, an enormously strong bond developed between the two.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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