How to Use underpin in a Sentence

underpin

verb
  • The process taught him lessons that have underpinned his second act.
    — Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • As discussed above, many people and process changes underpin that shift as well.
    — Tolga Tarhan, Forbes, 4 May 2021
  • New voices, new ideas, but all underpinned by the same high standards.
    — James Pearce, The Athletic, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Mungga smells of grain, yeast, and malt underpinned with grass and citrus zest.
    — Roshni Bajaj Sanghvi, National Geographic, 19 June 2019
  • It’s based on a new platform that will underpin a range of EVs.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 8 July 2021
  • But what underpins it all is the resurgence of Kawhi Leonard.
    — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Missing from that tally are fees paid to four law firms whose work underpinned the removal process.
    — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The gravel underpinning for the road above was being washed away.
    — Jane Ford-Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Over 70 tonnes has been dug out of the space, and the house needs to be property underpinned.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Kate's effort to inspire and lead on the early years underpins much of her royal work.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
  • All of this underpins Leeds’ approach to the season.
    — Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Fisker hasn't announced which platform will underpin the Ocean.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 25 Sep. 2020
  • But Putin has not shifted from the hard-line demands underpinning his war.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The juniper is still in charge, but underpinned by light, slightly bitter citrus notes.
    — Tony Sachs, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Avoidance, underpinned by fear, slowly erodes our ability to lead at all.
    — Lisa Bodell, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Gold is still up by more than 50% this year, underpinned by strong buying from global central banks.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The perception that any rate increases are a long way off has helped underpin the stock market's gains.
    — Arkansas Online, 7 Dec. 2019
  • This was complied with and underpinned the approach in Sudan.
    — Adem K Abebe, Quartz Africa, 7 June 2019
  • So what underpins Palace’s success?
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The rice at Sakae tastes slightly firmer than that which underpins a typical piece of nigiri.
    — Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
  • Now, the duo has unveiled the very vessel that will underpin the nascent E1 series.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 June 2021
  • And attributes, confidence underpin many of those things.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • For years, scientists have known of this link, but not the mechanism underpinning it.
    — New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2025
  • ShinWon chose to build the software that underpins the tunnel system in house.
    — Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 26 Dec. 2025
  • It has also been preloaded with a series of routines or sets of tasks that underpin the efforts of a travel agent.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • Yet they are needed to underpin a system of daily contracts that extend out to the three-month contract.
    — The Economist, 1 Aug. 2019
  • These projects underpin large parts of the internet and many software products used worldwide.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 May 2026
  • But the quality of the data that underpins many sourcing decisions could use a glow-up.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 11 Mar. 2026
  • But what are the rules for good behavior on a ship, the unwritten etiquette that should underpin any journey?
    — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2019
  • This is welcome news for the foundational sectors that underpin their growth.
    — Eyal Lifshitz, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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