come to an understanding

Example Sentences

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Still, Riley said he was “really hopeful” that USC and Notre Dame could come to an understanding.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

But diplomats know that no progress is likely until the two sides' main backers - for the RSF, the United Arab Emirates, and for SAF, Saudi Arabia and Egypt - come to an understanding.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2024

“We have to come to an understanding about what it is we’re going to call,” he said.

From Washington Times • Oct. 28, 2023

As a culture, there’s so much serious business to sort through as people come to an understanding of who they are and how they want to be understood.

From Washington Post • May 24, 2022

He stayed but two days, yet now if ever was his chance to come to an understanding with Judith, perhaps even to fall in love with her.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner