How to Use underlying in a Sentence

underlying

adjective

• The funds are tied to an underlying index, such as the S&P 500.
  — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
• The funds are tied to an underlying index, such as the S&P 500.
  — Kate Dore, Cfp®, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
• But the underlying problem seems to be the food itself.
  — Jay Root, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2023
• The good news is that there are a handful of ways to address it, depending on the underlying cause.
  — Melinda Wenner Moyer, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2022
• Jack had no underlying conditions and was in good health, and at first the symptoms looked a lot like a common cold.
  — Kathleen Felton, SELF, 27 Sep. 2024
• As well as some sugary snacks to soothe the underlying guilt that comes with sharing your children.
  — Jemima Kirke, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
• The underlying goal is to help make the American system work as it was designed.
  — David Montgomery, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2022
• Most of the deaths were among the elderly, the very young or those with underlying medical problems.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2022
• Other times, the underlying cause may be a bony structure.
  — Meredith Butulis, Outside Online, 14 Oct. 2022
• Deep burns can destroy the underlying nerve endings and the body goes into shock, limiting the level of pain — in the initial stages.
  — Mike Baker, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
• Jensen wants to become a physician in part to help work on some of the underlying structural reasons people in her tribe die so young.
  — Usha Lee McFarling, STAT, 21 July 2022
• Yes, there is an underlying look, but goth is so much more than an aesthetic.
  — Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2024
• The underlying issue seems to be the lack of communication between the safeties and the corners.
  — Lance Reisland, cleveland, 21 Sep. 2022
• The underlying cause of TN, when it can be found, is most commonly compression of the nerve, usually in the brainstem where the nerve root starts.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 2 Nov. 2022
• The steep rise in interest rates last year may have helped mask any underlying malaise in the Swiss financial system.
  — Bastian Benrath, Fortune Europe, 4 Apr. 2024
• The tendon is then split to expose underlying tissues and bone.
  — Oluseun Olufade, Verywell Health, 1 May 2024
• Black is simply a dark version of another color, so look at the lighter shades on the paint strip to determine the underlying hue.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Nov. 2023
• Many scientists sought to treat the underlying cause of the disease by trying to repair the faulty gene, according to the foundation.
  — Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
• Love: But the underlying factor in all of this might not have anything to do with romantic connections at all.
  — Shayla Love, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2023
• The microrobots would probe through a moon’s frozen crust into underlying oceans.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 21 July 2022
• Dann said the underlying question of whether DeWine had the power to block this money was already answered by the appeals court, which found DeWine overstepped.
  — Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2022
• On the other hand, the court took the unusual step of agreeing to hear oral arguments in the case and decide the underlying legal issues raised by the states' lawsuits.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022
• Her legs are still crosshatched with angry red scars, sunken in places where the underlying tissue was destroyed and patched together with the bumpy, coarse skin that grows over a graft.
  — Jerry Adler, Good Housekeeping, 14 July 2022
• Yes, there are many challenges and struggles, but there is no underlying estrangement here — and this is never in doubt.
  — Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 13 May 2024
• Uber said that the pace of improvement in the underlying business might moderate.
  — Preetika Rana, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2022
• But the underlying legal issue raised in this case extends well beyond this law.
  — Jan Dutkiewicz, The New Republic, 29 June 2022
• The summary might double as a thesis statement for the series as a whole, and the underlying sentiment more or less rings true.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2022
• The underlying assumption is that the brain processes the world and our experience of it through a progression of words.
  — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2023
• Meanwhile, the Sharks are seeing the strong underlying numbers that Liljegren brought to Toronto and there’s nothing wrong with having a plus-1 rating in 10 games since the trade.
  — Eric Stephens, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
• While changes to the color, texture and shape of your nails aren’t always a cause for concern, occasionally, these changes could be a sign of an underlying condition.
  — Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024