The industry has been putting more emphasis on education, and the N.A.S.D.'s finding undermines that effort, he wrote recently.

The author of the study added that the findings "certainly doesn't undermine the similarities among the various Lebanese communities, but it does agree with oral tradition."

The accounting office's finding undermines efforts by the Clinton Administration to establish a national standard of 0.08 percent.

If true, the finding could undermine one theoretical pillar in modern astrophysics.

He said he reversed his decision because the findings do not undermine past evidence that racial profiling is real.

The agency's findings have consistently undermined Bush administration claims of widespread success in the reconstruction of Iraq.

The finding, if upheld, would undermine assumptions that there have been subsequent waves of migration into Australia.

The findings can undermine what constitutes someones "self."

Our findings don't undermine the case for tort reform.

The Christopher expert team's findings undermine that argument.