comprehension

Example Sentences

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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

Phonics instruction gets kids in the door, then whole language comprehension needs to take over.

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

"It measures students' reading comprehension and whether they can handle the level of material they'll encounter in university," says Kim Soo-yeon, an English literature professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

Scythes are supposed to have a keen appreciation of death, yet there are some things that are beyond even our comprehension.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman