Dictionary
been underlying
verb
To lie in a position directly beneath.
Exact(15)
Such a claim may have been formally valid, but there may have also been underlying political considerations.
There have been underlying feelings between the two for a while, and after Delaney's almost death, both of them struggle with the awkward feelings.
Dr. Y did not bother to inquire what these reasons were; he simply disregarded the selections and whatever logic might have been underlying them.
The way streaming services pay royalties represents a major shift in the economic gears that have been underlying the industry for decades.
As a result, unexpected effects due to unpredicted interactions at biomaterial and biological interfaces have been underlying the biosafety concerns raised by the use of nanomaterials.
He said there had been "underlying underfunding that goes right back to the outcome of the defence review in 1997-98, when the Treasury didn't fully fund the outcome.
Similar(45)
One is underlying growth in demand.
No, there are underlying tensions in Liberia.
What is needed instead is underlying change – to infrastructure.
But might there be underlying patterns governing such behaviour?
What's the technology that's underlying this?
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