What reasoning could underlie their latest decision?
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Underlie
/ˌʌn.dɚˈlaɪ/
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Who knows what disagreements underlie this agreement?
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What do you think are the problems that underlie your obsession with martyrdom?
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Scientists long have understood the environmental risk factors that contribute to stroke, such as smoking and high-fat diets, but they have struggled to find the genes that underlie the heritable component of the disease — until now.
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