understand
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I think if you start to like this building in one corner or in another, or you get lost, you start to understand what it is all about.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Run the numbers, or have an adviser do it, and understand what delaying actually buys.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
As Marvin-Alonzo Greer, a former supervisor of the site’s African American History Initiative, said, “If you wanted to understand who actually lived there, how the town functioned, you took a carriage ride.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
"Upon advice from our cyber security team, we understand that some personal data has been extracted by the hackers who carried out the cyber attack," the company told customers at the time.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
She pauses, quietly urging me to hear what she’s trying to make me understand.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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