as in to sustain
to hold up or serve as a foundation for the central beliefs that underpin a free society

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Recent Examples of underpin But the flow of immigrants underpinning labor force growth is slowing, Goldman Sachs said. Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024 Hippocampal plasticity underpins long-term cognitive gains from resistance exercise in MCI Sports Medicine. Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024 If that proves to be the case, then the infrastructure that underpins frontier AI systems—in particular, the massive data centers where these models will be trained and hosted—should not be offshored lightly. Sam Winter-Levy, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2024 But an even more profound conviction underpinned this element of the WCTU platform: that the Anglo-Saxon family was the essential building block of American society. Elizabeth Marshall / Made By History, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for underpin 
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  • The filing also outlines potential risks, including the possibility of falling below Nasdaq's listing requirements and the need for additional capital to sustain operations.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • By this point, the network of support that had sustained IRA operations in West Belfast was beginning to show signs of tear.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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  • The company updated the Starlink shop with the new gear, which is meant to carry the V4 standard Starlink dish, a model that began rolling out about a year ago.
    & Michael Kan, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The committee’s bipartisan group of election and law enforcement officials developed pocket-size guides to election laws for police officers to carry.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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  • The Office of Special Education Programs provides resources to support students with disabilities through age 21.
    Ivana Saric, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
  • In Los Angeles, Leonardo DiCaprio supports Titanic costar Kate Winslet at a screening of her film Lee, and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle stars Demi Moore and Cameron Diaz reunite at Elle's Women in Hollywood party.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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  • Experts also said the next two years could present opportunities to bolster trust in electoral processes.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Lately, there have been a few positive developments for Upstart, which have bolstered its stock price growth; the biggest factor being the rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024

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“Underpin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underpin. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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