the idea behind
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: the reason for (something)
I just don't get/understand the idea behind this change in the rules.
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That is basically the idea behind Self-Align, a technique that researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and IBM have developed.
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 16 May 2023
That is the idea behind the new $70 million Sharp Prebys Innovation and Education Center, a four-story, state-of-the-art training venue dedicated Friday in Kearny Mesa.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
That was the idea behind the thunder house, which in the second half of the 1700s became a popular means of getting out the word about Benjamin Franklin’s experiments on the lightning rod.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2023
That’s the idea behind their app, RealOpen, which launched in April.
—Isabel Lord, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 16 May 2023
That is the idea behind the new $70 million Sharp Prebys Innovation and Education Center, a four-story, state-of-the-art training venue dedicated Friday in Kearny Mesa.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
That was the idea behind the thunder house, which in the second half of the 1700s became a popular means of getting out the word about Benjamin Franklin’s experiments on the lightning rod.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2023
That’s the idea behind their app, RealOpen, which launched in April.
—Isabel Lord, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
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“The idea behind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20idea%20behind. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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