underpinnings
/ (ˈʌndəˌpɪnɪŋz) /
any supporting structure or system
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How to use underpinnings in a sentence
What the poll shows is at once an advance, but also the gritty underpinnings of prejudice.
The Political Power of Michael Sam’s Liplock With His Lover | Tim Teeman | May 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTComplex underpinnings very slowly melted away into less and less constraining garments.
In Paris, a Historical Look at Lingerie at Musée des Arts Décoratifs | Sarah Moroz | July 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe changes are not happening yet on the surface, but in the important place, in the underpinnings of society.
The medical literature only recently has begun to examine the medical and psychiatric underpinnings of the practice.
Tibet, Persecution, and Marital Shame: Why People Burn Themselves to Death | Kent Sepkowitz | December 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut a reader will never learn about the underpinnings of these friendships.
Vogue Creative Director Grace Coddington’s Memoir Offers Few Revelations | Robin Givhan | November 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
The gate of the nameless mausoleum had not been opened for many years, and the wind had heaped the dirt against the underpinnings.
The Enemies of Women | Vicente Blasco IbezHewn-stone underpinnings were seldom adopted in those days; the brick-work rests directly upon the solid walls of the cellar.
An Old Town By The Sea | Thomas Bailey AldrichEither I should have slowed down or waited until they could put in some re-enforced-concrete underpinnings.
One Third Off | Irvin S. CobbBetween this oddly opposed pair stands on her solid, sensible underpinnings the figure of Candida.
Iconoclasts | James HunekerThat ship you talked of is awfully plated up topside, but all her underpinnings are pretty weak.
A Fleet in Being | Rudyard Kipling
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