comprehension
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This allows events to balloon beyond our comprehension, and may be preventing us from stopping this insanity.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026
To teach “reasoning, reading for meaning and information processing,” middle and high school teachers have to prepare and test students in passage comprehension using passages paired with comprehension questions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
But the hurtling pace of the cast, combined with some misguided blocking that has characters speaking at points with their backs to the audience, makes comprehension more difficult than necessary.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
While he still thinks his comprehension is "a little slow", Ellis said it had made him rethink his priorities in life.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026
The chaplain would encourage Nately with nods of comprehension or assent, amused by his candor and immaturity.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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