undergirding

Statistics were the "undergirding" of Africa's poverty reduction policies and programmes.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

North Carolina when I was there and I knew him very well and he was very much involved with the Fellowship, very much interested in what was going on and it was with this kind of undergirding that was going on ... it wasn't just technique and it wasn't just action ... it was something that motivated him.

Oral History Interview with Nelle Morton, June 29, 1983. Interview F-0034. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) 1983

This historical sequence forged the sociological undergirding for the much discussed culture wars of our time.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

These bullying behaviors would not exist without the undergirding and the patina of respect provided by religious fervor against LGBT people.

Bishop Gene Robinson: How Religion Is Killing Our Most Vulnerable Youth Bishop Gene Robinson 2010

These bullying behaviors would not exist without the undergirding and the patina of respect provided by religious fervor against LGBT people.

Bishop Gene Robinson: How Religion Is Killing Our Most Vulnerable Youth Bishop Gene Robinson 2010

I guess one expects the location of a life-changing event to be remarkable in some way, but as I approached the bridge, I saw that it was quite ordinary, supported by round pilings, its undergirding painted a grayish blue, its old concrete stained with iron rust and crumbling at the edges.

Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011

These bullying behaviors would not exist without the undergirding and the patina of respect provided by religious fervor against LGBT people.

Bishop Gene Robinson: How Religion Is Killing Our Most Vulnerable Youth Bishop Gene Robinson 2010

These bullying behaviors would not exist without the undergirding and the patina of respect provided by religious fervor against LGBT people.

Bishop Gene Robinson: How Religion Is Killing Our Most Vulnerable Youth Bishop Gene Robinson 2010

And since security concerns are tightly linked to privacy concerns (they are twin pillars undergirding public trust in technology), it will be important for lawmakers to ensure that data stored the cloud enjoys the same legal protections as data stored on personal computers.

Robert Holleyman: How Will Hackers Fare in the Cloud? Robert Holleyman 2010

These bullying behaviors would not exist without the undergirding and the patina of respect provided by religious fervor against LGBT people.

Bishop Gene Robinson: How Religion Is Killing Our Most Vulnerable Youth Bishop Gene Robinson 2010