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Recent Examples of underpin
Those bits will underpin the new Scout Motors vehicles.
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Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
Experts are worried the decadeslong trade ties that have underpinned the relationship between the world's two largest economies could be unraveling.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Apr. 2025
The new tariffs — adding levies of 20 percent on the European Union, 34 percent on China and more — essentially negate the logic behind the global supply chains underpinning the fashion industry.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Apr. 2025
The move amounts to one of the biggest tax increases in modern U.S. history, disrupting the global supply chains that underpin a major swathe of the nation's economic activity, analysts said.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2025
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Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
Experts are worried the decadeslong trade ties that have underpinned the relationship between the world's two largest economies could be unraveling.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Apr. 2025
The new tariffs — adding levies of 20 percent on the European Union, 34 percent on China and more — essentially negate the logic behind the global supply chains underpinning the fashion industry.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Apr. 2025
The move amounts to one of the biggest tax increases in modern U.S. history, disrupting the global supply chains that underpin a major swathe of the nation's economic activity, analysts said.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underpin
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While no structures were damaged in the fire, firefighters sustained minor injuries.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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One child who had sustained a head injury before the strikes took place died in the evacuation, the religious authority said.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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There were so many physical scenes and heavy emotions carried throughout.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2025
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The charges carry a combined sentence of 24 to 62 years in prison, Drummond said, and up to $260,000 in fines.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2025
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Survivors and community members at Florida State University came together to grieve and support each other at a vigil that drew thousands after two people were killed and more were injured in an April 17 campus shooting.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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This helps centers maximize resource recovery and supports the transition to a circular economy.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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While the Canes’ big swing for Mikko Rantanen didn’t work out as expected, this team still made a few moves to bolster this lineup.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Beyond trying to bolster their technical filters, most anti-spam and anti-phishing emails sent out by IT departments as trial balloons still follow the same outdated patterns as in the past.—
Kevin Korte,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Underpin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underpin. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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