understand
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“Gustavo and I share a lot of things,” he continues, “but any two musicians hear things differently, see things differently, understand them differently — and I think the orchestra is very, very receptive to that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Companies need to understand the scope and seriousness of data center opposition and broader AI anxiety for what it is.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
To understand how the technique works, it helps to consider how physicists describe a qubit's state mathematically.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
Critics of the opening of the files emphasise this point - that people will be too quick to judge those they find in the files, and unwilling to understand the nuances.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Clare sighed, knowing it was something he’d never understand.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Friggieri said veterans need to be able to plan around key dates, but he said he was not calling for a ban, because his organisation understands the cultural importance of firework displays.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
“But right now, our fight is to get the vote out, to make sure everyone understands that our power lies in our vote.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
She is also a loyal and loving mother, who, as she proves in the season finale, understands the power of clear-eyed assessment and a really good chili.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
What a viewer understands after a few episodes is that the characters, while having clearly defined orientations, will throw “identity” aside for a chance at real love.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
“The one who understands how truly valuable this property is.”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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Altman acknowledged that the public is concerned about water use and said that whatever the reason, he understood why people might not want to live near data centers, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Lezzard said he understood the club's reasons for trying to attract additional income but called the decision "a massive misstep".
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
The Speaker from Louisiana understood, as he likes to say quoting John Quincy Adams, that “duty is ours; results are God’s.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
But the moment she saw it, she understood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Her expression was carefully bland, and I understood now that the piano was a payoff.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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While many commissioners supported the idea, commission staff said the benchmark was too stringent to employ without understanding how the new sand placement will fare over the next few months or years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Nevertheless, understanding the income bands where one tax rate ends and another begins is important for tax planning — especially when everyone’s looking to get the most out of their money right now.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
In recent decades, the U.S. has pledged aid to Israel in a series of 10-year agreements, the most recent of which was a 10-year memorandum of understanding agreed to by the Obama administration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
"We're particularly interested in understanding these processes in children, because we believe that intervening early could make a real difference."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
Without understanding why, Dr. Harlow may have helped Phineas at that moment of crisis.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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