underlying

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However, data released this week showed that underlying inflation has continued to move further above the RBA’s 2-3% target band.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

Across pesticide and chemical litigation, climate lawsuits, and pharmaceutical patent disputes, the same underlying logic emerges: federal regulatory compliance deployed as a universal liability shield, usually encountering the same judicial resistance.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026

Wendy’s looks to be trading like a meme stock, powered higher by social-media hype rather than its underlying fundamentals.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

Although the research focuses on the brain, Kerstjens says the underlying principle could apply to many other developing tissues, including tumors.

From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026

Of course, there are assumptions underlying these phrases which are invalid or meaningless without clarification.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos