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 Those words underpin the brand’s mission to create products that deliver tangible, lasting benefits. Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025 This strategy underpins Howmet’s over 60% market share in Engine Products and leadership in most of its other markets. Stockstory Team, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2025 The social video app, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance and is used by around 170 million Americans, has been appealing the ban since US president Joe Biden signed the law underpinning it last year. Matt Burgess, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025 The juniper is still in charge, but underpinned by light, slightly bitter citrus notes. Tony Sachs, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for underpin 
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  • For over 40 years, Johnnie Walker Blue Label has sustained its status as one of the world’s premiere luxury scotch brands.
    Brad Japhe, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
  • That penalty sustained a field goal drive after Mahomes threw incomplete on third-and-8.
    Mike Sando, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
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  • In one, five women in white hanbok, carrying bundles of white laundry on their heads, form a tight, diagonal spiral (in response to gusts of wind?) against dark fields of grass and cropland.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025
  • In a sentencing memorandum, prosecutors wrote that despite there being nearly a dozen people inside the boat, the vessel that ultimately capsized was only rated to carry five passengers.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
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  • Emily Baldoni is supporting her husband Justin Baldoni amid his ongoing legal battle with Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 25 Jan. 2025
  • In the 2020 election, however, the city put the question to a vote, and more than 60% of voters in Batavia supported allowing recreational weed to be sold.
    Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
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  • The set’s sales were bolstered by its availability across six vinyl variants, a CD, digital download album and cassette tape.
    Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2025
  • In this new trade scenario, the Rockets add a former first-round pick to their rotation to bolster their chances out in the Western Conference.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025

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“Underpin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underpin. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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