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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
undergird .
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Examples
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This week Congress begins hearings on the 2012 farm bill, the massive piece of legislation that gets updated about every five years and undergirds America's entire food supply, but that few mortals can even understand.
Michele Simon: SNAP: the Other Corporate Subsidy in the Farm Bill? Michele Simon 2012
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Wilson has a faith and optimism in the future of HBCUs that undergirds his work.
Marybeth Gasman: Director John S. Wilson Explains the Purpose of the White House Initiative on HBCUs Marybeth Gasman 2011
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Nonetheless a wave of tension undergirds it all, as so many careers of young hopefuls will be made -- or not made here, and so many films either take off or never find an audience.
Naomi Wolf: Revolution at Sundance Naomi Wolf 2011
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Mao still undergirds Party's legitimacy -- to wit, Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai's 2011 revival of revolutionary "red songs."
Tom Doctoroff: China's Communist Party: Not Losing Control Tom Doctoroff 2011
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Nonetheless a wave of tension undergirds it all, as so many careers of young hopefuls will be made -- or not made here, and so many films either take off or never find an audience.
Naomi Wolf: Revolution at Sundance Naomi Wolf 2011
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Nonetheless a wave of tension undergirds it all, as so many careers of young hopefuls will be made -- or not made here, and so many films either take off or never find an audience.
Naomi Wolf: Revolution at Sundance Naomi Wolf 2011
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The neglect at freshmen orientation of the aim of liberal education and how it undergirds and is undergirded by the principles of freedom is not an accident.
College Rape Accusations and the Presumption of Male Guilt Peter Berkowitz 2011
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If hackers earlier this year truly absconded with the detailed software coding that undergirds Google's Gaia password system, as reported by the New York Times this week, the search giant could be facing complex security and liability issues for some time to come, security and tech industry analysts say.
Liability issues could linger over Google Gaia system hack 2010
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Nonetheless a wave of tension undergirds it all, as so many careers of young hopefuls will be made -- or not made here, and so many films either take off or never find an audience.
Naomi Wolf: Revolution at Sundance Naomi Wolf 2011
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Mao still undergirds Party's legitimacy -- to wit, Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai's 2011 revival of revolutionary "red songs."
Tom Doctoroff: China's Communist Party: Not Losing Control Tom Doctoroff 2011
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