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Every year, year after year, workers in agencies that many of us have never heard of have been amassing the statistics that undergird decision-making at all levels of government and inform the judgments of business leaders, school administrators and medical providers nationwide.
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Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 18 Apr. 2025
This hectic oddness undergirds the conspiracy theories and wild extrapolations that course through the film and provides the rickety intellectual architecture for Dr. J.’s mercenary speculations.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
Yet even as humanity has (mostly) moved beyond the crude and cruel racial logics that underpinned the European imperial enterprise, Maine’s racial sorting of the world continues to undergird, and confound, our attempts to divide the planet into intuitive categories.
—Zachariah Mampilly, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2025
Federal jobs, typically known for their stability, help undergird a network of other positions and businesses that support them, from contractors to coffee shops.
—Jonathan Shorman and, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar. 2025
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Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 18 Apr. 2025
This hectic oddness undergirds the conspiracy theories and wild extrapolations that course through the film and provides the rickety intellectual architecture for Dr. J.’s mercenary speculations.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
Yet even as humanity has (mostly) moved beyond the crude and cruel racial logics that underpinned the European imperial enterprise, Maine’s racial sorting of the world continues to undergird, and confound, our attempts to divide the planet into intuitive categories.
—Zachariah Mampilly, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2025
Federal jobs, typically known for their stability, help undergird a network of other positions and businesses that support them, from contractors to coffee shops.
—Jonathan Shorman and, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undergird
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Shah: In the short term, sustained tariffs could trigger drug shortages, particularly for generic and specialty compounds.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Shipman said two university public safety officers sustained injuries as protesters forced their way into the building.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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Brown gathered prominent African-American voices, primarily star athletes, to discuss and ultimately support heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali's refusal, a month earlier, to enter the Vietnam War draft.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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Tide Is Turning However, Americans overwhelmingly support keeping women’s sports exclusively for biological women.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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In 1914, thieves managed to dislodge one of the bronze children and carry it 150 feet before abandoning the 300-pound figure.—
Michael Wells,
Kansas City Star,
18 May 2025
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The unfortunate truth is that blueberries can carry all sorts of unwanted guests, from dirt and debris, tiny bugs like aphids or fruit flies, pesticide residue, bacteria like E. coli, Salmonella, or Listeria, mold spores, and even parasites.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
18 May 2025
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Sentiment was bolstered Tuesday by the latest reading on consumer inflation showing prices rising at a slower pace than Wall Street economists had expected.—
Scott Schnipper,
CNBC,
14 May 2025
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Depending on Cabrera's diagnosis, the Yankees could also explore short-term acquisitions to bolster the infield.—
Tahar Rajab,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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“Undergird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undergird. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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