How to Use underpin in a Sentence

underpin

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  • But what underpins it all is the resurgence of Kawhi Leonard.
    — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The price of ether, the native token underpinning the ethereum blockchain, fell to around $2,300 and has erased its gains for the year.
    — Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2024
  • It’s based on a new platform that will underpin a range of EVs.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 8 July 2021
  • Ultium will underpin and power the 30 new EVs GM has promised to launch by mid-decade.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The use of drones has underpinned many of Ukraine’s recent successes on the battlefield.
    — Eric Schmidt, Foreign Affairs, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Many said the European Union's plan to take in Ukraine as a member one day could help underpin that reform process.
    — Jamey Keaten, ajc, 5 July 2022
  • The rice at Sakae tastes slightly firmer than that which underpins a typical piece of nigiri.
    — Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
  • More than 100 city tools, some which underpin day-to-day functions, are impacted by the ordinance, but no tool has made it yet through the law’s new process.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The war in Ukraine, along with Covid-19, have exposed glaring weaknesses in the supply chains that underpin the world economy.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 4 Apr. 2022
  • At the same time, some investors have been betting that inflation may stick higher in the long run, underpinning gold’s run.
    — Yvonne Yue Li, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Which is one more piece of evidence that the cryptochrome protein might underpin the robins’ magnetic sense.
    — Christopher Intagliata, Scientific American, 4 Aug. 2021
  • But the report also underpins resilience in the economy, which could give the Fed enough leeway to roll out yet another hike this year.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN, 27 July 2023
  • It’s a setup often treated as a simple plot device, with no depth of feeling to underpin it.
    — Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2022
  • These videos are key to the psychological warfare that underpins this flare-up.
    — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The album brims with joy and righteous anger, and illuminates the communal ties that underpin both.
    — Pitchfork, 14 Dec. 2023
  • But for many Russians, like a 79-year-old Muscovite named Valentina, the sacrifices and successes still loom large — and underpin support for the war in Ukraine.
    — Washington Post, 7 May 2022
  • Nvidia is at the center of the AI boom, as its processors are key to training the large language models that underpin the technology.
    — Lionel Lim, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Informal labor and unsafe living conditions may underpin their start in life, and the lives of the mothers who bore them.
    — ELLE, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The lesson of Lilith Fair — that women artists could have their own stage on which to perform and feel safe — underpins the Canadian documentary.
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 July 2024
  • The inflows underpin a rally that has carried U.S. stocks to records, ahead of major indexes in Europe or Asia.
    — Sebastian Pellejero, WSJ, 25 July 2021
  • The two sides agreed to extend the cease-fire underpinning hostage-prisoner exchanges that began on Friday.
    — WSJ, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The company makes many of the critical chips that provide the computing power needed to run the models that underpin AI tools.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Ultium is the proprietary platform that will underpin and power all of GM's future EVs.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Here, the Asian-American beauty reveals the products that underpin her skin-care routine and go-to summer makeup look.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 13 July 2023
  • The bit sizes allowed Castellucci to factor the private key underpinning the entire API.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The Hong Kong dollar has been tied to its U.S. equivalent since 1983, helping underpin the city’s emergence as one of the world’s major financial centers.
    — Dave Sebastian, WSJ, 12 May 2022
  • That strategy underpinned its economic success, but over time, the United States moved away from it.
    — Jake Sullivan, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
  • At the same time, like many other countries across the world, India is debating how best to regulate the technologies that will underpin the metaverse.
    — Ritwija Darbari, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2022
  • This is clearly a leader who sees the obligations of his office as clearly as its privileges: an attitude underpinned by a natural Nordic modesty and reserve.
    — Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2024
  • The Ayurveda tradition underpins the restorative therapies and treatments at the Raffles Spa, which also schedules meditation retreats and yoga practices in its tranquil and restful space.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2024

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