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Also participating was board member Tanya Ortiz Franklin, who said she looked forward to helpful AI applications, such as one that would help parents access and understand information about the school district budget.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
“I understand that meaningful atonement is not achieved through an exhibition, institutional recognition or a single public gesture,” Galliano said in a statement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
While I understand the urge to request money, foot the bill and learn from this experience.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
The findings could eventually contribute to clinical risk assessments that better account for a patient's broader circumstances, as well as population- and community-level prevention strategies and efforts to understand differences in cardiovascular risk.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
“I still don’t understand what the issue is. It’s one of the most prestigious programs around. Why wouldn’t he want you to go?”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Asked if Jones's statement reflected government policy, a Welsh government spokesperson said Health Minister Mabon ap Gwynfor "understands the concerns of people affected by this decision".
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
While adversarial crowds often are a home-field advantage, Matthews understands the challenge that lies ahead but is excited to be back and playing in front of the Cal faithful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
“He’s cautious about how he reacts. … He doesn’t want people getting ideas on whether something is good or bad because he understands others have better product sense.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
There’s Olive, 12, from Charlotte, North Carolina, whose goal is to sell 8,000 boxes and who already possesses the polished ease of someone who understands how to speak to an audience.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Five years later, there are lots of things about me that I don’t think my friend understands.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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In the Commons on Wednesday, Burnham said he understood the "anguish" of victims and "listened to what they were saying".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
The discoveries accumulated so quickly that physicists adopted the general label XYZ states for many of these poorly understood particles.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
He was fired in 2022 for leaking proprietary data but all understood the Pandora’s box he opened by suggesting a Google large language model was conscious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
I always could see myself at that table, but I also understood that table is kind of earned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Duane decided to take Magic’s advice, at least to the extent that he understood it.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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"Because scientists have recently found that microglia are involved in neurodevelopmental disorders and neurodegenerative diseases, our findings get us a step closer to understanding what makes human microglia special in the context of brain diseases."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
Exhaustive investigations in France and the UK have left police no closer to understanding who carried out the al-Hilli murders and why.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Kedrosky is troubled that fixed-income investors are piling money into data-center projects backed by hyperscalers without really understanding what is happening in those data centers and whether they are sufficiently utilized.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
It also required him understanding that what underlies the struggles between millennials and their parents is how shockingly alike they are despite being constantly annoyed by each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
It’s when she says that, that a new understanding of my reality creeps into place — one that I know Dad wouldn’t want me to know about.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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