underpinnings

/ ˈʌndəˌpɪnɪŋz /

plural noun

1. any supporting structure or system

Example Sentences

Caillebotte chronicled his circle and his family of brothers, and depicted modern life and sport, painting with audacity and an emphasis on geometric underpinnings.

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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.

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But it only ever feels like homage, not anything organic — Stuckmann doesn’t have his mentor’s storytelling smarts, nor his flair for the underpinnings of normality that ground horror.

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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.

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While this work does rely on modern innovations, it has important historical underpinnings.

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