understand
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"I just don't understand the rationale for the project," Chandi said, noting that there was no clarity about how huge investments can be recovered economically.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
The goal is to better understand how blocking MYC changes tumors in real patients.
From Science Daily • May 17, 2026
Rather, let’s hope people will be able to relate to it and be empathetic about the story and realize for themselves, understand for themselves.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
“And it’s only an unfortunate circumstance of this huge epidemic that we were able to get samples and look at chains of transmission and really understand what the virus is doing to people.”
From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026
The fox and the rat stared at each other, Clare trying to understand what was going on, Nine trying to gauge how much Clare was understanding.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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