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to hold up or serve as a foundation for
the central beliefs that underpin a free society
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Recent Examples of underpinned
Even public messaging about the contents of the proposal, known as the memorandum of understanding (MOU), is underpinned by contradictions — with Washington pushing back against Tehran’s statements that the draft stipulates US forces’ withdrawal and an end to blockades on Iranian ports.
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Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
That ability to calmly claim crosses when coming through a bunch of bodies has been evident throughout this season, but the major theme that has underpinned Raya’s consistency is concentration.
—Art De Roché, New York Times, 26 May 2026
This strategy is underpinned by 15 near- and medium-term goals, including spurring regenerative agriculture practices on 1 million hectares of farmland by 2030.
—Mindy Lubber, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
The brilliant dialogue—full of sarcasm, barbs, resentment, infuriation, competition but also underpinned by love—is so very perfectly sisterly!
—Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, a longtime faculty member at UM’s architecture school who wrote the city’s Miami 21 code, which has underpinned the current explosion of dense, walkable redevelopment, said government should be clearly communicating the issues Miami-Dade faces, but isn’t.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026
Goldman Sachs, meanwhile, said its new target was underpinned by expectations of 300% earnings per share growth for 2026, which the bank highlighted is the strongest for any market in Asia with the exception of the 1999 recovery from the region's financial crisis.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 11 May 2026
His request could speed up the redrawing of seats that underpinned the last few Democratic majorities.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 6 May 2026
All of this is underpinned by Huawei's longstanding commitment to boundary-pushing research.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
That ability to calmly claim crosses when coming through a bunch of bodies has been evident throughout this season, but the major theme that has underpinned Raya’s consistency is concentration.
—Art De Roché, New York Times, 26 May 2026
This strategy is underpinned by 15 near- and medium-term goals, including spurring regenerative agriculture practices on 1 million hectares of farmland by 2030.
—Mindy Lubber, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
The brilliant dialogue—full of sarcasm, barbs, resentment, infuriation, competition but also underpinned by love—is so very perfectly sisterly!
—Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, a longtime faculty member at UM’s architecture school who wrote the city’s Miami 21 code, which has underpinned the current explosion of dense, walkable redevelopment, said government should be clearly communicating the issues Miami-Dade faces, but isn’t.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026
Goldman Sachs, meanwhile, said its new target was underpinned by expectations of 300% earnings per share growth for 2026, which the bank highlighted is the strongest for any market in Asia with the exception of the 1999 recovery from the region's financial crisis.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 11 May 2026
His request could speed up the redrawing of seats that underpinned the last few Democratic majorities.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 6 May 2026
All of this is underpinned by Huawei's longstanding commitment to boundary-pushing research.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for underpinned
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The plant sustained flows above 45 million gallons per day for 13 hours over the weekend and peaked above 60 million gallons per day for nine hours — well above its design capacity, USIBWC said.—
Walker Armstrong,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2026
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Two children sustained minor injuries when two school buses crashed near Woodbury Elementary School Tuesday morning.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
3 June 2026
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But other evidence, including video and text messages of the officer bragging about the shooting, bolstered Martinez’s account and a judge dismissed the federal charges against her.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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The adoption of GPUs is increasingly being bolstered by AMD’s advantages in inference economics, where the MI-series accelerators provide enhanced memory bandwidth and tokens per dollar – the essential metrics as AI workloads transition from training to inference leading up to 2026.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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His new doctrine fueled a decades-long war – one that ultimately carried the communist movement to victory and state power in Beijing in 1949.—
Dhruv Tikekar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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The Rockies’ Kyle Karros hit an opposite-field line drive that carried to the right-field warning track, but Lee tracked down the potential extra-base hit on the run, then crashed into the chain-link portion of the fence.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
30 May 2026
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Now, as Paxton is the Republican nominee for Senate, House Republicans who supported impeachment have taken differing positions.—
Mateo Rosiles,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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Back in February, a federal judge ruled that key provisions of the law could go into effect, a decision backed by retailers who supported the legislation.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
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The play was reviewed and upheld based on what the replay official said was a lack of evidence to overturn.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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In October, the Herald interviewed a Venezuelan father from Tampa who was sent to back to Venezuela even though a judge had upheld TPS for Venezuelans the same day he was arrested during a routine check-in at an immigration office.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2026
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