understand
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It’s something that I can explain to my parents who still don’t understand what I’m doing 30 years later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
He still doesn’t understand that his polygraph flex makes him more twerp than Top Gun among those he is supposed to be leading.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Rayner added she was not commenting specifically on Delo and Harborne as she did not "understand" their "circumstances".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
On Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei advocated for a coordinated slowdown of AI development to better understand the risks arising from the technology's capabilities.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
I need him to understand that me going to Sunridge isn’t going to change who he needs me to be.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Despite all the plaudits, Jackie has always been slightly perplexed as to why the show has made such an impact, but understands how watching their journeys has helped some people make sense of their own.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
"The National Intelligence Service currently assesses that Kim Ju Ae is being groomed as the successor and understands she has a younger sibling of unknown gender," the agency said, reaffirming its conclusion on succession.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
“He’s super smart and understands the sports ecosystem,” says Ilana Kloss, a longtime sports executive and business partner of Billie Jean King, who is not involved in the talks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
“I doubt he’ll deliver, but at least he understands what they need.”
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Chandresh has an inherent flair for the unusual and curious; he understands the power of atmosphere.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Benn was taken to hospital after the fight, in what was understood to be a precautionary measure.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
"Alzheimer's disease cannot be understood one layer at a time," said Jian Ma, the Ray and Stephanie Lane Professor of Computational Biology who led and supervised the study.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Rather than retreat into antiseptic corporate language, it followed the safety message with another language its customers understood: cheap Taco Bell.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Yet every day, people continued rebuilding financial operations because they understood what was at stake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
As if to show me he understood, Bo pressed himself more tightly against me.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
"There are strong signals that Washington and Beijing share an understanding of frontier risks," Kenton Thibaut, a senior resident China fellow at the Atlantic Council, wrote recently.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Amid the outcry, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called Saturday for AI companies to "pace the frontier" -- or coordinate a slowdown in the technology's development -- to allow a better understanding of the risks arising.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Some of the most fundamental questions about the universe remain open, leaving room for new observations, stronger theories, and unexpected ideas to reshape our understanding.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
“If we’re not tracking and not just understanding the numbers, but understanding the why behind the numbers, we have no ability to respond,” Knight said.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Like he was close to understanding everything, and yet everything was taking too long to reveal itself.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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